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PRESENTED BV 




ONKERS 
ILLUSTRATED 



ISSUED BY THE 

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLICITY 

OF THE 

YONKERS BOARD OF TRADE 

QEORQE RAYNER, Jr., Manager. 






The Yonkers Board of Trade. 

The Youkers Board u! Trade was organized in 18',)3, \Mtli William F. 
Cochran as its first President. Ho was succeeded in 1895 hy Ivlwiii K. ^Fartiii. 
«]io lias retained tlie Presidency since that lime. The other .illi.vrs are: Phili|i 
\-er|.l:iiick. Kirsl \-ice-Presidenl : .l..hn I'-'Uows. Second X'i, ■.■-President : William 
11. Doty, Treasurer, and George Eayner, Secretary. The objects of the Board are 
to direct attention to tlie attractive featirres of the city as a place of residence, and 
its unequaled advantages for mannfactories. At the lioard meelinu's o]ii)oi1iini- 
ties are offered to discuss qnestions of ])iil)lic im[iori, to oppose all ill-coiisidci'ed 
public imjirovi'inents, and to furthei- the best interests of the city. 

The ISoai-d Room is centrally located in the Coi)cntt Buildin»-. Xo. 1.") 
Wai-burton Avemie. where the Seci'i'tary, George Eayiiei-. is in atleudame daily 
from !• A. M. in .') p. it. Visitors are always welcome, and c.n'respoiidence from 
home-seekers or manutaclnici-s will ivciMve iiromiit attention. 



INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 



Armory Fourth Separate Company, 

N. G. S. N. Y 

Carnegie Library 

City Bath No. 1 



Hotel Wynnstay 6 

32 Manor Hall 4 

20 Music Hall 169 

7 Police Headquarters and City Court 20 



STREET VIEWS. 



Beechwood Terrace, Ludlow Park 112 

Halcyon Place 134 

Hawthorne Avenue 113 

Lake Side Drive, Park Hill 105 

Landscape Avenue, Lowerre 164 



Valentine's Lane 157 



Locust Hill Avenue 89 

North Broadway 57 

Palisade Avenue 6 

St. Andrew's Place 160 

Sunnyside Drive, Ludlow Park 112 



EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 

Halsted School LS Public School No. « 16 

High School 16 Public School No. 7 147 

Monastery of the Sacred Heart 50 Public Scliool No. 13 164 

St. .Joseph's Seminary 148 

FIRE HOUSES. 

Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Ass'n. . 22 Palisade Avenue 141 

Lowerre 165 Riverdale Avenue 183 

Oak Street 141 Shonnard Place 22 

Vineyard Avenue 140 



Dayspring Presbyterian 146 

First Methodist 162 

First Presbyterian 67 

First Reformed 128 

Grace Episcopal Chapel 71 



St. Andrew's Protestant Episcopal.... 152 

St. John's Protestant Episcopal 24 

St. Joseph's Roman Catholic 143 

St. Mary's Roman Catholic 52 

Warburton Avenue Baptist 53 



PUBLIC PARKS. 



Homeopathic Hospital and Maternity. 

St. John's Riverside 

St. Joseph's 



Grant Park 

Van Cortlandt Par 
Washington Park 



BANKS. 

Citizens' National 42 

First National 43 

Westchester Trust Co 44 

Yonkers Savings Bank 45 



NEWSPAPERS. 



Yonkers Statesman 41 

Yonkers Herald 41 



CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS. 



Amackassin Club 30 

City Club 32 

Corinthian Yacht Club 36 

Hollywood Inn 26 

Palisade Boat Club 38 

Park Hill Country Club 98 



Saegkill Golf Club 30 

The Woman's Institute 28 

Yonkers Canoe Club 38 

Yonkers Teutonia 34 

Yonkers Turn Verein 34 

Yonkers Yacht Club : . . . 36 



INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS. 



EESIDENCES. 



Almond, Thomas R 

Andrus, John E 

Aulenbacher, George, Apartment House. 

Baekeland, Dr. Leo 

Bailey, Mrs. J. M 

Baker, Fisher A 

Baker, Joseph D 

Bartmess, Edward A 

Beemer, James G 

Bell Bros., Highland Place Residence. 
Bell Bros., Park Avenue Residence. . . . 
Blatzheim, H. J., Apartment House. . . . 

Bragg, Henry T 

Brennan, John F 

Breuchaud, J 

Brevoort, James R 

Brown, Dr. H. Beattie 

Browne, Dr. Valentine 

Burlew, Dr. Charles R 

Burns, Hon. J. Irving 

Burroughs, Arthur E 

Butler, Mrs. William Allen 

Chedsey , Francis B 

Chick, Henry C 

Clark, Eugene C 

Clark, Mrs. John 

Cochran, Mrs. William F 

Colgate, James B 

Cook, Fred. S 

Coons, Dr. William Sheldon 

Cooper, Samuel L 

Corcoran, John J 

Coy, Charles F 

Creet, William 

Culver, Charles R 

Cushman, Burritt A 

Daly, Hon. Joseph F 

Davis, Albert D 

De Augelis, Jefferson 

Deane, M. J 

Devitt, John J 

Deyo, Andrew 

Doty, William H 

Duff, John T 

Dwyer, Franklin P ' 

Eagan, Stella Andrus 

Easton, Charles Philip 

Eaton, Charles B 

Edwards, Julian 

Eickemeyer, Rudolf, Jr 

Elting, E. J 

Elting, Peter J 

Ely, Cheever N 

Eschmann, F. W. R 

Ewing, Thomas, Jr 

Fairbanks, Ernest A 

Fisher, Louis G 

Flagg, Mrs. Ethan 

Flannery, P. J 

Ford, Mrs. Frances L 

Fulton, Charles A 

Gaul, William 

Gifford. Robert W 



I, I!. Ill V U 

IIm.u,,.. Tlicimas G 

Ignian, Walter E 

Holder, Francis T 

Hells, Hon. Frederick W. 

Hubbard, Samuel T 

llnlibfll. John H 



138 
153 
9.5 
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Wood house, Han 



Hunt, James M 

John, Dr. David 

Kellar the Magician 

Kellogg. Hon. William C 

Kelly, George T., Apartment House... 

Kennedy, John S 

Kingman, Barton E 

Kroeber, Dr. Carl H 

Laird, Alexander 

Lilienthal, S. P., Estate of 

Lockwood, Mrs. M. W 

Ludlow House 

Maclay, Isaac W 

Marsden, Charles P 

Martin, Edwin K 

Maurer, B. J 

McConchie, Samuel 

Morrison, Charles A 

Oliver, John W 

Olsen, Otto, Apartment House 

O'Neill, Mrs. Francis 

O'Neill, Peter F 

Oppenheimer, David E 

Ord, George J 

Otis, Charles R 

Otis, Hon. Norton P 

Paillard, Alfred E 

Peene, Ex-Mayor John G 

Perot, Edward S 

Pitkin, Mrs. George D 

Prime, Alanson J 

Prime, Ralph E 

Rayner, George 

Rayner, George, Jr 

Reed, Charles 

Rose, George L 

Saunders, Alexander 

Scotland, David 

Scrugham, William W 

Seaman, Frank 

Seymour, Norman 

Sherman, Dr. William H 

Shipman, Albert K 

Shonnard, Frederick 

Shotts, John C 

Shrive, William 

Siedle. Edward 

Sinclair, Edmund E 

Smith, Duncan 

Smith, Wallis 

Sowdon, George H 

Sutherland, Ex-Mayor Leslie 

Sutherland, Spencer K 

Stilwell, Dr. Benjamin W 

Thayer, Hon. Stephen H 

Thomas, Walter 

Tousey, Sinclair 

Trautwein, Charles G 

Tuttle, Mrs. Frances 

Untermyer, Samuel 

■Van Dolsen, John 

Van Suetendael, Arthur J 

Verbeck, Eugene A 

Waldron, Dr. Louis V 

Walsh, Mayor 

Waring, Charles E 

Waring, John T 

Warren, George H 

Warren, Dr. Nathan A 

Warren. Dr. N. A., Apartment Houses. 

Washburn Residence 

Watson, H. 

Weller, Ex-Mayor James H 

Wilgus, William J 

Wilson, Mrs. C. G 

Wiuslow, Francis A 

130 



INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS. 



LUDLOW PARK. 

Beeehwood Terrace 112 

Ludlow House Ill 

Office of the Ludlow Estate 110 

Sunnyside Drive 112 

The Hudson River, from Sunnyside 

Drive 110 

The Palisades opposite Ludlow Park.. 116 

RESIDENCES. 

De Angelis, Jefferson 115 

Edwards, Julian 115 

Kellar the Magician 113 

Ludlow House Ill 

Prime, Alanson J 116 

Siedle, Edward 114 

Trautwein, Charles G 114 

Verbeck, Eugene A 113 

PAUK HILL. 

Elevator Building 98 

Lake Side Drive 105 

Park Hill Country Club 98 

The Lake (Summer) 102 

The Lake (Winter) 103 

RESIDENCES. 

Baker, Joseph D 109 

Breuchaud, J 100 

Chedsey, Francis B 108 

Corcoran, John J 105 



Dwyer, Franklin P 104 

Fisher, Louis G 106 

Gifford, Robert W 104 

Kennedy, John S 108 

Martin, Edwin K 100 

Ord, George J 106 

Paillard, Alfred E 107 

Rose, George L 101 

Sinclair, Edmund E 107 

Van Dolsen, John 109 

Winslow, Francis A 101 

LOWERRE. 

Fire House 165 

Landscape Avenue 164 

Public School No. 13 164 

RESIDENCES. 

Cook, Frederick S 165 

Sutherland, Spencer K 166 

Waldron, Dr. Louis V 166 

Watson, H. 163 

CARYL. 

Chick, Henry C 168 

Cushman, Burritt A 167 

Fairbanks, Ernest A 168 

Harding, Walter E 167 

Harriman 138, 139 

Valley Farms 154, 155 



STORES AND BUSINESS BUILDINGS. 



Ash, Mrs. H. G 

Borden's Condensed Milk Co 

Bruce, George W 

City Steam Laundry (Peene & David- 
son) 

Dee, M 

Grant Building (J. T. Courtney, 
owner) 

Havey's Stables 

Hays, Michael J 

Houston, E. Alexander 

Hunt, Edward R 

Kott, Mrs. A 

Mahoney & Flood. 



Westchester Lighting Co 183 



Marshall-Matheson Co 170 

May, Charles F 173 

McCann Building 175 

New York Telephone Co. Building 171 

Saunders Building 174 

Shrive, William 173 

Standard Oil Co 192 

Stedman, Frank 176 

Thompson. C. T 179 

Thompson, W. H 181 

Underbill, Edward 174 

Weller, James H., & Sons 172 

Welsh, William 172 

Werner, Fred W 181 



MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES. 



Deane Plaster Co 

National Sugar Refinery. 
Otis Elevator Co 



Smith, Alexander, & Sons, Carpet Co.. 

185, 186, 187 
Waring Hat Manufacturing Co 188 



GENERAL. 

City Dock and Recreation Pavilion 4 

Grassy Sprain Reservoir 14 

Pastoral Scene, Leake & Watts Orphan House 117 

The Hudson River from Ludlow Park 110 

The Hudson River from the Residence of Hon. Frederick W. Holls 59 

The Hudson River from the Residence of John E. Andrus 79 

The Lake, Park Hill 102 

The Palisades from the Lake Avenue Water Tower, Looking Northwest. 92 
The Palisades from the Lake Avenue Water Tower, Looking Southwest. 93 
The Palisades, opposite Ludlow Park 116 



YONKERS REAL ESTATE AGENCIES. 

Bellows & Warren. 20 Getty Square. 

O. Borden Waring, 14 (Jetty Square. 

William H. Richardson, opposite N. Y. Central Depot. 

James S. Fitch, opposite N. Y. Central Depot. 

Jenkins & Simpson, 3 Palisade Avenue. 

Theodore R. Heinrichs Radford Building, Getty Square. 

Albert K. Shipman, 51 Warburton Avenue. 

Thomson & Johnson, 69 North Broadway. 

Gaul & Bell, 32 North Broadway. 

Garrison & Bechet, 5514 Warburton Avenue. 

Whelan & Co., 34 North Broadway. 

Kipp & Constable, 7 Wells Avenue. 

Joseph W. Weller, 2 Highland Avenue. 

C. H. P. Rich, S7 Main Street. 

J. Prank Curran, 5 Dock Street. 

John B. Hall, 4 Sunnyside Drive, Ludlow Park. 

Walter B. Dixon, Yonkers Avenue, near N. Y. and Harlem R. R. Station. 

PARK HILL. 

American Real Estate Co.. T. R. Varick, Agent, Elevator Building. Park Hill. 

LUDLOW PARK. 

Michael Day, Agent for the Ludlow Estate. 2 Sunn,yside Drive. 

VALLEY FARMS. 

John R. Ayer, Agent. Dunwoodie Station, N. Y. & Putnam Railway. 

HARRIMAN. 

Harriman & Hawley, 30 Odell Avenue, Harriman. 

LOWERRE. 

Frederick A. Smith, opposite Lowerre Station. 
George H. Lowerre, Jr., opposite Lowerre Station 
Charles Merritt, 29 Lawrence Street. 
Whelan & Co., 500 South 



YONKERS 

The city of Youkers is situated on tlic Ihulson Kiver, on whieh it lias a front- 
age of four and one third miles. It adjoins ^■(•\v York city, and is bounded on the 
east by the city of .Mount Vernon and tlie Bronx ]{iver. and on the north by the 
town of Greenhurg. The area of the city is seventeen and one half square miles. 
Manor Hall, Yonkcrs. is seventeen miles disl;iii1 fn.ni tlir Citv Hall, in Xrw York. 

Y'onkrrs has many natural advantages, whirh ivndci' U |,iv,aninriil as a "(aty 
of homes." The range of hills whn-h parallel the lln.ls..n are from three hundred 
to four hundred feet above tide water, and are eovered with elegant residences, 
surrounded by spacious grounds, the homes of many who are foremost in the com- 
mercial life of the metropolis, and others who have achieved distinction in litera- 
ture, art, and law. 

The lesideiitial avenues are laid out one above the other, and command un- 
obstrueted views of the Hudson and the Palisades. From the higher tlevations the 
views extend southerly to Staten Island, northerly to Tappan Zee, and easterly to 
Long Island Sound. 

It is the most beautiful city adjacent to New York. It has all the re- 
quirements of a well-conducted city, with good and well-kept streets and sewers; 
macadamized highwavs, well-lighted and policed; an ample supply of pure water; 
good fire protection, and unsurpassed schools. These, together with her clubs, so- 
cieties, markets, and stores, help to make life in Y'onkers both a^eeaWe and safe. 

Westihester Connty is the fifth in ])opulation in the State of New York, and 
Yonkers is first both m jjopulation and wealth m the c.ninty. 

The ambition of the Ameri(an to own Ins own home is an admirable trait, 
and the object once achieved makes hi in a lietler citizen. It is to be hoped the day 
is close at hand when this may be more fully attained; and where, it may well be 
asked, is a more desirable ])laee to reside in than Yonkers? 

The city administration during recent years has been unusually progressive 
along advanced but safe lines, and the policy which has proved popular and benefi- 
cent will continue to be demanded by the people in the future. 

It is a modern city, practically without antiquities or prejudices, self-made, 
with phenomenal growth due to her genius and enterprise, demonstrating what 
may be accomplished in a municipality where progress and advancement are the 
watchwords of its citizens. 

Population and Growth 

.\ccording to the last United States census, Yonkers had in June, 1900, a 
population of 47,931, wHeh is an increase of 49.6 per cent, during the previous 
ten years. The city is now growing at the rate of about 2,000 a year. Its location, 
adjoining, as it does, the great metropolitan city of New Y'ork, insures its continual 
increase in population and in wealth. 



The following is a statement of the assessed valuation of real and personal 
property for the past five years : 

1897 $29,880,180 

1898 33,867,854 

1899 35,439,330 

1 900 36,603,455 

1901 38,129,215 

The increase has been steady and constant, and free from startling booms liable 
to sudden collapse. It shows a healthy and satisfactory growth, and every indication 
points to its continuance. 

Bonded Debt and City Property and Credit 

The net bonded debt December 1, 1901, was $3,028,400.07. The city owns 
waterworks, ]iiihlie buildings, parks, and docks to the value of $3,054,858, or 
$26,457.93 more than the net bonded delit. The city's credit is first class, its 3^ 
per cent, bonds selling at a premium. 

Attractiveness for Home Seekers or Capitalists 

Youkers is a most attractive city for thrifty home seekers who want to locate 
iu a thriving and prosperous siiburb of New York, where their property is likely to 
increase in value, where their families may be surrounded by every safeguard for 
health and every advantage for their education, and where they may enjoy the de- 
lights of suburban life, together with the advantages of a city. The opportunity 
for the capitalist seeking investment presents itself in many directions, as property, 
either improved or undeveloped, awaits the shrewd and energetic operator. Each 
of the many suburbs of this city possesses their individuality, appealing to people 
seeking homes or investments in property, with a range of prices to meet any need. 
Here may be found the palatial residence in spacious grounds, and the comfortable 
cottage for the man of modest means; and lots, plots, and acres are to bo obtained 
for development as desired at reasonable cost and fair terms. 

The City's Healthfulness— Decreased Death Rate 

The Board of Health is alive to the best interests of the city; its work is 
most effectual, and the healthfulness of the city is made the subject of careful 
study. 

The general result of all the care and attention given to the sanitary require- 
ments of the city is shown by the remarkably low death rate for the year 1901, 
which was 15.61 per thousand of population. In 1892 the death rate was 21.10 
per thousand, and the diflference is the best justification possible for the advanced 
work undertaken by the city during recent years, which will be continued as rapidly 
as prudence and sound finance will permit. 

Railroad Facilities 

The railroad facilities between New York and Yonkcrs are unsurpassed, 
three lines of steam railroads passing through the city. The New York Central & 
Hudson River Railroad, along the Hudson River front, has four stations; the New 
York & Harlem Railroad, on the easterly side of the city, has five stations ; and the 
New York & Putnam Railroad, starling at 155th Street, and running centrally 



through the city, together with its Getty Square branch, has ten stations, making 
a total of nineteen. The time from Yonkers to the Grand Central Station by the 
Central-Hudson is but twenty-five minutes ; and from Getty Square to Eeetor Street, 
via the New York & Putnam Railroad and Manhattan Eailway express service, 
fifty-five minutes, which time will be materially reduced upon completion of the 
electrical equipment of the Elevated Railways, now so close at hand. 

Commutation between New York and Yonkers is but $5.10 a month, and 
tickets are interchangeable on all three railroads. Passengers are allowed the 
privilege of transferring at High Bridge or Morris Heights from the trains of the 
Central-Hudson Railroad to the Putnam Railroad, or vice versa. 

Travel between New York and Yonkers is not liable to ferryboat delay, 
arising from fog or ice, as is the case with places on Long Island and in New 
■Jersey. 

Electric Railways 

The Yonkers electric railways are owned and operated by the Union Railway 
Company. It is now engaged in extending its lines throughout the large area of 
the Seventh Ward, the suburban section of the city, and throughout Westchester 
County. Connections are now in use, two to New York, and one each to Mount 
Vernon, New Eochelle, Glen Island, White Plains, and Hastings. This combination 
■of steam and electric roads affords ample transportation facilities to all sections of 
the city at small cost, and should rapidly enhance the value of real estate in all 
directions. 

The recent extensions of the trolley system on Central Avenue, from the city 
of New York northerly, and on Warburton Avenue to Hastings, and on the Sawmill 
River and Tuckahoe Roads, have opened up large sections of the city, and will be 
followed by rapid appreciations in values. The lines constructed in 1902 include 
McLean Avenue, from Woodlawn Heights and Lincoln Park to South Broadway 
■at Lowerre, and the effect of these extensions is felt in the increasing interest 
manifested in real estate. 

A general transfer system carries passengers all over the lines of the 

■ company for one five-cent fare, while for eight cents one can travel by trolley from 
the northern boundary of Yonkers south to Harlem, thence by the Manhattan 
Elevated Railway to South Ferry, a distance of over twenty miles. 

New Yorl< Rapid Transit Subway 

The Rapid Transit Subway, now under construction at a cost of $3.5,000,000, 
'is rapidly nearing completion; and the year 1903 will be made memorable by the 
termination of the greatest civic improvement of modern history. 

From the soiithern terminus in New York, at the City Hall, the tunnel will 

■ extend centrally through the city. A four-track service with express trains for 
through passengers is to be established, and the residents of Yonkers will then be 

• enabled to step aboard a train at the lower end of Manhattan Island and, with a 
transfer to the electric or steam railroad at Kingsbridge, reach any section of the 
city with but one change of cars. The time now required to reach the Grand Cen- 

-tral Station from lower New York will be very materially reduced. 




Manor Hall (Euected 1682) 




Dock axu Rf.chf.atkin Pa 



steamboat Lines 

There are three reguhir lines of steamhoats plyiiin- (lie waters of the Hudson 
I!i\ei- stopping at Yonkers: the Albany Day Line, the Chrystenah, and the Ben 
Friinlvliii Line. All carry passengers, and the last one carries freight also, at very 
low rates. 

It will thus be seen that few cities ai'ound Xew York have tlie transportation 
advantages of Y.mkers. wiili iis three railmads and three steamboat lines. 

City Dock and Recreation Pavilion 

The most eonsjiicuous and creditable piece of public work recently con- 
strueled ih the Itecrcation Tavilion. erected at a cost of $19,000. This has given 
pleasure and (ippnH miiiie> lor IVe-h ,iir to thousands of our people, ami its erection 
has beiui approved by a unaniiiiou- pulilic sentiment. 

The Public Dock extends one hundred and eighty feet into ilu' ri\er. and is 
a valuable city asset. The water is thirty feet deep at low tide, thu> providing an 
easy and convenient landing for steaml)oats of any tonnage. 

Manor Hall. Erected 1682 

Manor Ilall was occupied as a jirivatc dwelling until 186S, when it passed 
into the hands of the city, and has since been used as a City Hall. It was erected 
in 1682 by Frederick Philipse, the first Lord of the :\lan(jr of PliiJipslnirg, and 
remained in his family until 1TT9, when it was confiscated by the State, the Phil- 
ipses being Tories. 

This venerable relic is a splendid specimen of colonial architecture, with 
its fireplaces, staircases, and papier-mache ceilings, in good order and of rare beauty. 

It is one of the historic landmarks of our country ; is visited by many people 
annually; and is valued by the citizens of Yonkers as their most [ireeious possession. 

Soldiers' Monument 

In Manor Hall Park is situated the beautiful Sobliers and .Sailors' Monu- 
ment, erected in 1S91 at a cost of ten thousand dollars. 

Streets 

During the past seven years the streets and roads of Yonkers have been 
reconstructed, and a system of highway improvements has been inaugurated. The 
heavily traM'led steeper grade streets have been paved with granite; many of the 
level residential and some of the more level business thoroughfares have been paved 
with sheet asphalt, and the rest of the city has been improved with a superior 
system of streets and roads. The extent of the work is as follows: (iranite, 2.05 
miles; asphalt, 7 miles: macadam, 7(1 miles: total, 79.5. 

Street Sprinkling 

The streets are regularly spriidvletl at the general expense, the work being 
under the Department of Pulilic Works, the city owning and operating the 
sprinkling jilant. 




Avenue, Looking So 




Trees 

Nothing adds more beauty to a city than fine shade trees, which abound along 
the streets and avenues of Yonkers. The planting and care of shade trees is under 
the supervision of the Department of Public Works, and is confined to the residential 
thoroughfares. 

5ewers 

The built-up section of the city is thoroughly drained by a system of sewers 
from one to six feet in diameter, discharging into the deep and swift waters of the 
Hudson River, consisting of over thirty-six miles of the best modern sewer con- 
struction. The system is being continually extended as needed. 

City Refuse 

The city's refuse is collected in sanitary iron carts and wagons, all garbage 
and animal refuse being destroyed in a modern crematory. The city owns and 
operates the crematory, also the plant for the collection of refuse and for street 
cleaning. 

Public Baths 

Yonkers owns and operates two municipal hot and cold water bath houses, 
which are open every day in the year, and were patronized during 1901 by 26,384 
bathers. It was the first city in this country to enter this field of advanced municipal 
activity, and its bath houses are used as nuxlels throughout the United States. 




City B.vni N 




Grant Park. 




A Gkoit of Oaks. Grant Park. 



Grant Park 

The site of Grant Park was elioseu as almost tlw only one with large trees 
left in thickly settled parts of the city, as well as for its high and excellent situa- 
tion. The people of Park, St. Joseph's, and Vineyard Avenues, and the streets 
leading from them, now have a pleasure ground and breathing space close to their 
doors which cannot be diverted to private purposes or encroached upon by the 
buildings of a growing population. 

It having been sliown by two public meetings that public sentiment was 
practically unanimous in favor of parks, a Park Commission was appointed by the 
then ^layor, Hon. Leslie Sutherland, consisting of ex-]\Iayor James H. Weller 
(President), Arthur J. Biiiiw. Mcrritt H. Smith. F.thcllicrt Kmbrec, and Frederick 
A. Garnjost. On January I'.i. 1!I0(I. this (\)iuiiiisjion dctcrniined to offer prizes for 
designs for the two parks, to be sent in by ilarch 1-1, I'.hhj. 

The design adopted for Grant Park was made by II. A. t'a|iarn, and is in its 
essentials very simjilc. A Ijroad path leads round thr Park I'm' those who wish 
to saunter or rest in, not merely to cmss it. and eoniiminicaio with entrances at 
four points where it has been found that c-ntrances are needed. The whole is so 
arranged that the rotites across the I'ark in all necessary directions are nearly as 
short as possible, so that there will be little temiitation to wear tracks across the 
grass in order to pass from one point to another. The main entrance is placed at 
Parker Street, as the point to which most of the traffic between Park and St. 
Joseph's Avenues converges. It has fortunately been possible to satisfy all these 
conditions and yet preserve the large central lawn entire; for on large expanses 
of turf, undisfigured by roads or svtperfluous objects of any kind, depends the 
dignified and reposeful effect of park scenery. 

Various large stones have been spared as being of special geological interest 
and decorative in themselves, and where they tend to appear scattered they are 
united by plantations of rhododendrons. In the north of the Park is an open plaza 
with seats, makilig a resting place for women and children under the thick shade of 
trees, and supported by a rocky bank covered with trailing plants ; in this rockwork 
is an elliptical stone alwut six feet long, of very striking appearance, which was 
presented to the Park by ]\Ir. W. Delavan Baldwin. Where the paths meet near the 
northeast entrance is an open space for a building, to be used for a band stand, and 
for shelter from the sun and rain. Trees have been planted where they will shade 
the walks without interfering with the quiet and simple character of the place. All 
along the boundaries are plantations of trees and shrubs, mainly of native kinds, 
whieJi, as they grow up, will exclude the sight of the streets and form a border of 
foliage, giving the general effect of natural growth surrounding a clearing in which 
tlie large trees have been left. Exotic and colored shrubs have generally b(^cn 
avoided as being out of character with the great white oaks. 

In constructing Grant Park the aim of the Commissioners has been, not to 
make costly and elaborate works which might be more for display than use, but to 
make the Park of the greatest use to the greatest number without sacrificing its 
beauty. Tor without being beautiful a park cannot be useful; nor, indeed, can it 
be beautiful without being usefid. 




Wasiii.ncto.n Pakk. 




Driveway. Washington Park. 



Washington Park 

Washington Park covers about five acres between South Broadway, Nep- 
perhan Terrace, and the New York & Putnam Railroad. It has entrances 
a few steps from Getty Square and tlie close and noisy New Main Street. It 
was chosen as the one piece of land in the heart of the town where the dwellers 
in dozens of narrow streets and hundreds of confined houses could find within 
a stone's throw space enough for shady trees to sit under, and green lawns and 
foliage to rest the eyes and feet, and, yet more important, fresh and cool air 
to inhale during the summer heats. Washington Park is a hill and must be 
climbed, but the climb has been made an easy one, and its reward is the breezes 
that happen to temper the sultry days of July and August. 

In devising a scheme of treatment for Washington Park the first essential 
considered was an easy ascent to the high ground in the center, where the trees 
stand about the old Nisbet House; and the second, to provide for the circulation 
of a large number of visitors within the Park. Paths of moderate grade in all 
directions and communicating with a large area for seats under trees were laid 
out, so as to leave lawn spaces of ample extent and suave contours framed in 
plantings of trees and shrubbery. The most beautiful of these lawns was made 
by filling in the excavation made in 1900 for a playground. It was then believed 
that a playground was essential for the Park, but, subsequent experience having 
shown that no use to which it was likely to be put could justify the existence 
of so ugly an hiatus in the Park, it was filled in, proving to be a most useful and 
economical place for the reception of superfluous earth and rocks, it being the 
belief of the Commissioners that it is a mistake to try to crowd all the uses of a 
large park into a small one. Some other piece of ground, with areas of level 
surface and sufficient size for tlie sports of boys and girls, should be set apart for 
their use, so that the noise of their games may not disturb those who come to seek 
quiet in the Park. No more useful gift to the city than such a piece of ground 
could be made by a wealthy philanthropist. A carriage entrance from the highest 
point of Nepperhan Terrace has been made to and around the house. In the front 
of the building the ground has been shaped for a garden of the old-fashioned 
rectangular type, to harmonize with the house, with box-edged beds to be filled in 
summer with gay flowers to make a spot of brilliant color contrast with the quiet 
greens of lawn and foliage. 

The grades of the ground and the lines of road and path in this Park have 
lieen so altered that the old Nisbet property is almost unrecognizable. No change 
from its former condition is so great as that along Broadway. The old wall on the 
property line supporting a sloping bank of grass, repellent to the eye and admitting 
no view into the grounds, has been removed and the ground graded back to expose 
the natural rocks supplemented with bowlders dug up in the various excavations, 
all to serve as a support for the bank with its coverings of vines and shrubbery. 
The materials of this wall have been removed to Irving Park, there to be used to 
build the retaining wall called for by the plans of the landscape architect. 

The greater part of the work done this year has been carried out under the 
designs and supervision of ^Ir. H. A. Caparn, Landscape Architect. 





The Van Coktlandt Mansion, Euected 174S 



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Irving Park 

Ining Park is the third public park to be kid out in this city. It is located 
on the ILiidson Elver, just soutli of the Glemvood Station, and is an attractive 
breathing place frora which to enjov the air and scenery ot the Hudson. Extended 
views noi-tli and south are to be had. Tlie Park has an open water front of 22 t 
feet, and extends back 164 feet. The interior has been laid out in walks and liiwns; 
and a retaining wall has been constructed at the rear of the Park, which is broken 
by steps leading into the Park proper. 

There are two entrances to the Park ; one through View Street, via Glenwood 
Terrace ; the other through Bartholdi Place. Both of these entrances are wide and 
spacious, and allow a free entrance and exit to the Park. 

The Central-Hudson Railroad Company has promised to erect a new station 
at Glenwood, which will liave covered approaches and will be strictly modern in 
all particulars. 

The erection of another Eecreation Pavilion at this point has been strongly 
advocated. The success of the present Pavilion at the foot of Main Street has been 
unqiiestioned ; and the large numbers who frequent it during the summer months 
attest the popularity of the water front with the masses. 

Van Cortlandt Park 

Van Cortlandt Park is located in Kew York city, bordering Yonkers on 
the south. The Park has an area of 1,131 acres, while Central Park contains but 
840 acres. Here are public golf links, which equal any in the country, baseball 
and cricket fields; many miles of finely kept walks, bicycle and bridle paths for 
equestrians; a large lake with boating facilities for summer and skating accom- 
modations for winter; also a music pavilion, where on summer afternoons con- 
certs are given by the regimental bands of New Y''ork city. 

Upon the vast parade ground, which is large enough to accommodate an 
^ntiTe trri^ade at one time, may be witnessed the frequent reviews and encampments 
of the National Guard. The Park is reached by the South Broadway trolley road 
in fifteen minutes from Getty Square, and through its accessibility is frequented as 
generally by the residents of Yonkers as by the citizens of New Y^ork, by which 
city it is owned and maintained. 

The Van Cortlandt mansion in the Park was erected in 1748, and is still in 
an excellent state of preservation. The mansion was occupied for a time by General 
Washington during the trials, successes, and defeats of the patriot forces, when the 
colonists were struggling for independence. The rooms are fitted up in the quaint 
manner of a century ago; the Washington bedroom is one of the most interesting 
in the house, being furnished in exact reproduction of the old style. The Park is 
well worth a visit alone for an inspection of the mansion for the part it played 
during the Eevolutionary struggle. It was occupied by the Van Cortlandt family 
until the house and land were purchased for park purposes. It is now used as a 
museum for Revolutionary relics, and is under the supervision of the Society of 
Colonial Dames. About fifteen thousand visitors pass through the house annuallv. 

Harlem River Speedway 

This famous Speedway, as its name implies, was constructed for the enjoy- 
ment of the owners of speedy roadsters. It is located on the west bank of the Harlem 
River, extending northerly from 155th Street. Devotees of road driving residing 
in Yonkers can reach the Speedway direct via South Broadway, which is asphalted 
or macadamized its entire length. It is nearer to Yonkers than to that section of 
New Y^^ork city south of Central Park. 





Si'iLLWAY OF Grassy Spkain Reservoir. 



Water Supply 

City water is supplied from the Sprain and Grassy Sprain, supplemented 
by a system of tube wells, the latter having been accepted by the city in March, 
1900, at which time their capacity of supplying 1,000,000 gallons per day was 
demonstrated. 

Wlien the rapid growth of the village made imperative the establishment of 
a water-works system the citizens committee engaged the services of William W. 
Wilson as Chief Engineer, and General George S. Green as Consulting Engineer. 
After a careful cxaiuiiiation of the Pocantico, the Nepperhan, and the Bronx water- 
sheds both eminent authorities agreed that the waters of the Sprain and Grassy 
Sprain would not be so apt to become impure, through pollution of the valleys, as 
would the other streams. An analysis of the waters, made by Professor Charles 
F. Chandler, Ph.D., JI.D., was followed by a most favorable report as to their purity. 
The Lake Avenue Reservoir (capacity 3,600,000 gallons) was first con- 
structed, being completed in 1874. The Grassy Sprain reservoir (capacity 
400,000,000 gallons) was next constructed; then the Fort Field reservoir (capacity 
(i0,000,000 gallons) . The Lake Avenue and Elm Street water towers are each four 
hTmdred and fifty feet above the Hudson River, and supply the higher levels, the 
overflow of which are on a level with each other. 

The city is engaged in increasing the water supply by an enlargement of its 
tube well plant on the Sawmill River Road, but by far the most important departure 
in regard to the water supply in recent years has been the purchase of about fifty 
acres of land, and a dam and pond already built at Woodlands, on the Sawmill 
River, for the sum of $50,000. It is proposed to connect this supply with the 
present system by an iron conduit which will be about five miles long. There are 
eighty-foiir miles of water mains, 857 hydrants, and 5,300 taps and connections now 
in use. 

Private families, as well as factories, receive city water measured by meters, 
the cost to the former being fifteen cents per hundred cubic feet, and the manufac- 
turing industries are supplied at greatly reduced rates. The average daily con- 
sumption of water is 3,700,000 gallons. The Yonkers waterworks supplies the 
city of New York with the water consumed in the Eiverdale, Spuyten Duyvil, and 
Woodlawn sections of that city. 

The cost of the Yonkers waterworks to date has been $1,636,000, and the 
city owes $1,475,000 on their account, and has a sinking fund for the redemption 
of water bonds of $360,972.68. 

The Presidents of the Water Board since its origin have been: Stephen 
Barker, Isaac H. Knox, Ethan Flagg, Rudolf Eickemeyer, William H. Doty, and 
John C. Shotts. The Board is at present constituted as follows: Joseph H. Beall, 
President; William H. Doty, Treasurer; Michael Walsh, Joseph Miller, and Patrick 
J. Flannery. William Henry Baldwin is Chief Engineer. 





Chlpman. ArehltPct. New Tm 

PuisLic School No. (i, 



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Schools 

The Public Schools of Yonkers were maintained in separate districts for 
some years after the city was incorporated, and were consolidated in a city system 
in 1881. At that time there were five schools in the city. Nos. 5, 4-, and 1 were 
ungraded schools in the sidiurbs, and had only one room each. No. 3 was at 
Mosholn, in the section annexed to ISTew York city. The children in the densely 
popidated section of the city were in schools Nos. 2 and 0. 

Following consolidation the first published report of the superintendent was 
in 1882, and showed a total enrollment of 3,300, and an average daily attendance 
of 1,444. In 1890 the enrollment was 7,03G, and the average attendance 5,177. The 
value of all the school buildings in 1882 did not exceed $130,000. 

The city now has 17 school buildings with an estimated value of $950,000. 
The present enrollment is 8,849, and the average daily attendance 6,474. The old 
buildings have been remodeled until the schoolhouses are thoroughly equipped, 
modern buildings meeting every requirement of scientific lighting and heating. 
All the large buildings are ventilated by fans and blowers. The houses are seated 
exclusively with individual seats and desks of modern construction. 

No city in the State of New York has better school accommodations. All 
text-books and supplies of every kind are free. The course of study from the kinder- 
garten through the high school, is broad and thorough, and embraces cooking, sew- 
ing, and manual training. In the annual report for 1900 Hon. Charles E. Skinner, 
Superintendent of Public Instruction, stated that Yonkers demanded of its teachers 
the highest qualifications of any city in the State. In the selection of teachers 
educational qualifications, disciplinary ability, strength of character, experience 
and teaching ability are not only the final but only tests. Whatever merit the schools 
may possess is due largely to the high character and qualifications of its superin- 
tendent and corps of teachers. The high school has four distinct courses, and pre- 
pares pupils for business or college. It has sent students to all the leading Eastern 
colleges, which they have entered with excellent preparation. 

The Board of Education iilso maintains kindergartens during the summer 
vacation, and evening schools, when' all common branches are taught, besides cook- 
ing, architectural and mechanical drawing. The most efficient talent is engaged 
for the evening schools, to give the pupils the best facilities to supplement the 
defective preparation with which they arc usually admitted. 

Eiforts are constantly made to bring the school and the home closer together, 
and to establish cordial relations between teachers and parents. The discussions 
at the parents' meetings, which are an established feature of school routine, convey 
to parents information of the aims and methods of instruction and development of 
the child sought by the school. The teachers learn something of the home life of 
the children and the influences by which they are surrounded. 




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The health of the ehildren receives mucli attention. Each child is examined 
twice a year, and a record is kept, detailing all the facts of health, growth, eyesight, 
hearing, and other physical conditions. The high school contains an excellent 
gymnasium, and both boys and girls are given work there under physical instructors. 

The money appropriated by the city and State is spent in the establishment 
and maintenance of libraries in the class rooms. Books suitable to the various 
grades are selected with some reference to the regular school and supplementary 
reading. In every book selected, the literary style and moral tone are considered. 
As the child is promoted from one grade to another he finds a new stock of books 
each year. 

The Board of Education consists of fifteen members appointed liy the Mayor. 
It has always been composed of influential citizens, and enjoys the reputation of 
being perfectly free from political influence and devoted to the welfare of the 
schools. The School Board at present consists of Charles Philip Easton, President; 
Thomas Ewing, Jr., Vice-President ; Charles H. Fancher, Ethelbert Belknap, John 
F. Brennan, F. K. Burton, Dr. Valentine Browne, Eichard L. Condon, Kudolf 
Eickcmeyer, Jr., Pctrr 1^. I'dwlci-. ,\. V. Williams Jackson, Charles E. Otis, Samuel 
M. Stevenson, Albrrt \au llontcn. and William E. Watson; Charles E. Gorton, 
Superintendent, and John II. Claxton, Secretary. 



The Halsted School 

The Halsted School is a day school for boys and girls with a boarding de- 
partment for girls only. Beginning with the kindergarten, the course is strictly 
graded. The classes average ten pupils in number. The school is distinctly college 
preparatory although there is a course leading to graduation for pupils who do 
not intend to enter college. In this course pupils may substitute science and modem 
languages for Greek and Latin. There is also a department of music. 

The Halsted School is the successor to a private school established in Yonkers 
some thirty years ago. This school passed through several changes of administra- 
tion, and in 1890 came into the hands of Miss Maria D. Halsted, a woman of 
intellectual tastes, unusual ability, and high ideals. Miss Halsted had been a 
teacher in the school for a number of years, and has left an impress upon it which 
is felt to-day in more tliau its name. 

In 1893 the school was reorganized, and in the following spring moved into 
its present building, on North Broadway and Lamartine Avenue. The schoolhouse 
has been three times enlarged, additional ground has been piirchased, and the 
dormitory is now a separate building. In both the dormitory and school building 
the sanitary arrangements have received great attention and are inspected by the 
Board of Health each year. 

After Miss Halsted's death, in 1895, an association was formed looking 
toward the incorporation of the school under its present niaiiai;cnicnt, and in 1896 
the school was capitalized and incorporated in accordanco wifli (lie laws of the State 
under the name of The Halsted School Corporation. Its dirrctor.s were prominent 
Yonkers men chosen from the stockholders, with ilr. John Kondriek Bangs as 
President. 

Since that iiinr ilic school has doubled its number of pupils (now about one 
hundred and liliy ), ciilaruiMl us faculty, and increased and improved its equipment. 
It has done nuuh toward carrying out its original aim of securing to Yonkers a 
thoroughly good private school which shall educate its students in the best ■sense 
of the word. 




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The Cahnkgik LiiiitAUY, South Buoauwa 



Carnegie Library 

During the past year Youkers was the recipient of a gift of $50,000 from 
Mr. Andrew Carnegie, for a new Public Library building, on condition that the 
city provide a site and raise not less than $5,000 a year for the maintenance and 
support of the same. These conditions were promptly met by the passage of a 
special act of the Legislature, and the southwest corner of Washington Park was 
selected as the most appropriate site. It is proper here to record the high appre- 
ciation with which the residents of Yonkers received the splendid gift of the donor, 
whose good works of a similar character not only extend over this continent, but 
have crossed the ocean as well. The building is now under construction, and will 
■be completed by June, 1903. 

The Public Library was originally established by the Board of Education, 
and was maintained by it many years. The Public Library Board, consisting at 
present of John F. Brennan, President, and John Kendrick Bangs, Dr. E. M. 
Hermance, Professor A. "V. Williams Jackson, and Charles E. Gorton, was incor- 
porated in 1893, and has exclusive control of the Library, which now occupies 
•quarters in the Nisbet House. The Library contains about 17,000 volumes, and 
this number is constantly increasing by the purchase of new books. 



Police Department 

The city is now policed by a force of 63 men, consisting of 1 Captain, 5 
Sergeants, 4 Koundsmen, and 53 patrolmen. The Central Office is connected by 
wire with the banks and many private residences, and the more remote sections of 
the city are patrolled by mounted officers. There are at present thirty-six signal 
boxes, through which communication. with headquarters can be had from all parts 
of the city. 

The present Board of Police Commissioners is composed of George H. 
Lowerre, President, and Messrs. Henry R. Hicks, Alfred A. Fox, and Adolph A. 
Schaefer. 



Fire Department 

Until five years ago the city was served by a most efficient volunteer Fire 
Department, but the rapid growth in population made necessary a change into a 
part paid and part volunteer Department. There are now in full equipment five 
paid companies, with the best and most modern houses and apparatus. The present 
force consists of 1 Chief, 1 Assistant Cliief, 10 Captains, 9 Lieutenants, and 38 
firemen ; total, 59. This force is augmented very strongly by volunteer companies 
located in every section of the city. The record of the Department, with its paid 
members and faithful volunteers, is replete with deeds of courage and successful 
fire-fighting. 

The expense for the maintenance of the Department for the past few years 
has been $75,000 annually ; and for the past year this has amounted to about $1.50 
per capita. According to statistics published by the United States Bureau of Labor 
in 1900, covering cities of over 30,000 population, 120 cities out of 129 spent 
more than this amount per capita for fire protection. Considering the amount 
expended, the results are commendable, and reflect great credit upon the De- 
partment. 





Hkai)qi:.\I!Ti:i!S of tuk Exkmi'T Fihemkn's Benevolent Association, Buena Vista Avende. 



Volunteer Fire Department 

The organization of Protection Engine Company in 1852, and of the Hope 
Hook and Ladder Company a year hiter, was the beginning of the Yonkers Volun- 
teer Fire Department, which until the incoming of the paid Department, in 1896, 
was made up of the leading business men, also many men of the learned professions. 
Many high in social life have regarded it as an honor to have their names enrolled 
as members of the Department. 

Space in this work being limited, we can do little else but give names of 
the several companies, the date of organization, and a list of the men prominently 
identified with the volunteers: 

Protection Engine Company was organized in 1852; Hope Hook and Ladder 
Company, in 1853; Lady Washington Engine Company, in 1854; Hudson Hose 
Company 'No. 1, in 18G8; City Hose Company No. 3, in 1874; Palisade Hose Com- 
pany No. 4, in 1876; Mountaineer Engine Company No. 2, in 1876; Irving Hose 
Company No. 5, in 1879; Houston Hose Company No. 6 (named in honor of E. 
Alexander Houston, ex-Chief of the Department), in 1SS4; Columbia Hook and 
Ladder Company No. 2, in 1887; Shannondale Hose Company No. 8, in 1894; 
Lowerre Hose Company No. 9, in 1894; Sherwood Park Hose Company No. 10, in 
1894, and Nepera Park Hose Company No. 11, in 1896. 

The chiefs of the Department have been: Daniel Blauvelt, I860; E. L. 
Seger, 1863; A. B. Archer, 1865-67; S. L. Smith, 1867-69; Lawrence Page, 
1869-70; J. H. Matthews, 1870; L. Page, 1871; John Coons, 1872-74; Henry S. 
Myers, 1874-76; E. Alexander Houston, 1876-80; John Lang, 1880-84; John S. 
Brown, 1884-86; William Allison, 1886-90; James McVicar, 1890-94; James Mul- 
cahey, 1894-96; Charles Stahl, 1896. James Mulcahey was appointed Chief by the 
Fire Commissioners in 1896, when the paid Department replaced the volunteers, 
and has since held that office. 

Water for fire purposes was introduced into the city in 1874. Previous to 
that time water was drawn from public cisterns, the Hudson and the Nepperhan 
Rivers. 

The alarms for fire up to the time Chief Houston took command of the 
Department had been given by the ringing of church bells; but he, by persistent 
efforts, secured the purchase and erection of a fire bell and tower in Manor Hall 
grounds. The Department was imder control of the Board of Aldermen until the 
Board of Fire Commissioners was organized, October 27, 1896. 

The Presidents of the Board have been: John Pentreath, John 0. Campbell, 
E. Alexander Houston, James Shaughnessy, John Eowland, and M. J. Hays, who 
at present holds that office. Messrs. John Warneek, Jaraes Kearns, Jr., and Charles 
Stahl, Jr., are the other Commissioners. 

The Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association now numbers more than two 
hundred, and is composed of those who have been honorably discharged from the 
Volunteer Department after serving at least five years. The quarters on Buena 
Vista Avenue were erected specially for their accommodation, and are worth $6,000. 

The Presidents of the Association have been : Henry S. Myers, Edward L. 
Peene, E. Alexander Houston, Henry Wilsea, and John Stahl, Jr. 





Rkctoiiv of St. .Ioiix's Rpisciipai, CurKcii. 



Churches 

Churches are the indices of civilization as well as the sanctuaries of the good. 
The famous scholar who estimated the character of the people by the songs they 
loved would find to-day a fairer, truer test to be their houses of public worship. A 
city of homes must be a city of churches ; and such a city of homes as Yonkers, 
where refinement and purity characterize the material as well as the social side of 
life, is necessarily a city of churches. 

Yonkers contains about thirty churches, representing denominations as 
follows: Presbyterian, 4; Reformed, 2; Baptist, 4; Episcopal, 5; Methodist, 5; 
Unitarian, 1 ; Lutheran, 1 ; Roman Catholic, 7. Many of the houses of worship have 
highly attractive exteriors and elaborate and costly interiors. The pulpits of 
Yonkers are supplied with ministers of ripe scholarship, profound theological 
attainments, and great Christian zeal. 



Clubs and Societies 

The Masonic organizations are strong in Yonkers, and occupy fine quarters 
in Hollywood Inn. There are two Masonic lodges, two Chapters of Royal Arch Ma- 
sons, and one Commandery of Knights Templar. There are also strong lodges of 
Odd Fellows, Knights of Honor, Knights of Columbus, Knights of Pythias, Red 
Men, Foresters of America, Royal Arcanum, and other fraternal orders. The 
Yonkers Turn Yerein and YonkLM> Triitonia each own and occupy fine buildings 
built for and devoted to their sjin ml |iur]in>es. The list of clubs and associations, 
representing the social and intelliTtual lifr of the city, is a long one, of which the 
following may be particularly mentioned: Park Hill Country Club, Amackassin 
Club, C^ity Club, Corinthian Y^acht Club, Palisade Boat Club, Yonkers Yacht Club, 
Yonkers Canoe Club, and Saegkill Golf Club. Miscellaneous organizations are: 
Hollywood Inn, Woman's Institute, Young Men's Christian Association, Young 
Women's Christian Association, Yonkers Curling Club, Holsatia Lodge Xo. 297 
Deutscher Orden Harngari, Columbia Lodge No. 123 0. S. St. G., Rose Standish 
Lodge No. 15 Independent Order Daughters of St. George, Monday Club, Fort- 
nightly Club, Anthropological Club, Ancient Order of United Workmen, Nepera 
Haymakers' Association 186 1-2; Lincoln Legion, Young Men's Catholic Associa- 
tion, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Leo Association, Yonkers Historical and 
Literary Association, Y^'onkers Society for University Extension, Half-Hour Read- 
ing Club, Robert Burns Club, Clan McGregor 0. S. C, and Yonkers Bowling Club. 



Grand Army of the Republic 

There are two Grand Army Posts in Yonkers. Kitching Post No. 60 is the 
oldest, having been organized March 18, 1868. It was the fourteenth Post to be 
organized in the New York State Department, in which there are now 669 Posts. 
Its present Commander, Colonel Edward J. Mitchell, is now serving his third term. 
John C. Shotts served as Commander for a period of ten years. The Post has at 
present 135 members in good standing, and has lost through death 88 members. 
Kitching Post has always taken good care of its members who have been sick or 
needy, expending its surplus funds for their relief. 

John C. Fremont Post 590 was organized May 28, 1886. The first name 
it adopted was that of Horatio Seymour, but on July 24, 1890, it was changed to 
John C. Fremont. The present Commander, William Riley, is now serving his 
fourth term. 








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Hollywood Inn 

Hollywood Iini was started by a small body of men of the Brotherhood of 
St. Andrew, of St. John's Protestant Episcopal Cliurcli. Its first reading and 
smoking rooms were opened at No. 18 Main Street on January 23, 1894. The 
e.\periment was commenced with the object of providing young men with a place 
where they could meet in the evening, read the magazines, enjoy a quiet game 
of cards, and promote sociability and good f('llowslii|i. So successful was the 
undertaking that the late William F. Cochran, a iiolcl citizen and philanthropist 
of this city, erected for the workingmen of. Yonkcrs the present clubhouse, which 
is the most complete of its kind in the world. 

The main floor contains the library, 33x35 feet, which has accommodations 
for 10,000 volumes; the superintendent's office, coat room, shuffleboard room, also 
a smoking room which is supplied with the leading newspapers and periodicals. 

On the street floor is the gymnasium ; dressing room, containing lockers for 
400 members; also a large and splendidly appointed bath room with shower and 
needle sprays. On this floor arc four regulation liowling alleys, where a nominal 
charge of eight cents is made for each game. 

On the second floor is a. pool and billiard room, containing eight pool and 
two billiard tables, two cents per cue being charged for the former and thirty cents 
per hour for the latter. Here also are to be found bath rooms, which are free 
to members. In this department soft drinks, tobacco, coffee, and sandwiches are 
on sale. 

On the next floor is the assembly hall, seating nearly five hundred persons, 
where, during the winter, various entertainments are given for the entertainment 
of members and their families. 

On most evenings a glance at the pleasant reading room shows that its 
brightness attracts to it many members who enjoy a quiet hour or more with the 
leading magazines of the day. 

During the winter season regular classes in calisthenics are held in the 
gymnasium both afternoons and evenings. Any member is entitled to enter these 
classes without additional cost. So phenomenal has been the success of Hollywood 
Inn that its founder contributed the sum necessary for a very material addition to 
the building, which has just been completed, on the south side of the structure. It 
is in the nature of a lyecum, willi a ,-n'iil uviminsium, swimming pool, lodge and 
lecture rooms. It is conu.riid uiih Ihr niuin hnildiug, the basement of which has 
been remodeled, and conlnins a swimming |i<.ol ICxlI feet. It is believed that the 
feature will prove to be one of the most desirable in the biiildin-. Hy the introduc- 
tion of coils of steam pipe the water will be kept at a noiimil Icmporature of about 
70 degrees. The addition is 37 feet wide and 94 feet deej). 'J'he new gymnasium 
contains a running track, and offers facilities for such sports as hand ball and basket 
ball. It is entirely free from columns and takes in the space of two floors. A com- 
modious dark room has been fitted up for amateur photographers. 

The Hollywood Inn Country Club, situated on Dunwoodie Heights, consists 
of a five-acre field and club house. This is one of the finest spots around Yonkcrs, 
and from the porch of the club house a most beautiful view is to be had. The house 
has lockers and .shower baths. The baseball nine of the Hollywood Inn has become 
one of the finest around New York. It last year tnnk firsi phuc in the county. 
After a game of ball or a sprint around the track— flimi a line shower halh. 'I'he 
track is accessible by trolley or bicycle. 







The Woman's Institute, 

36 AND 38 Palisade Avenue. 



Board of Trustees: 

President, Mi.ss Mauy MAitsiiALi, Butler. 

First Vice-President and Treasurer, Mis.s Haukiet A. Brxi.Eit. 

Second Vice-President, Mu.s. Wii.i.iam H. Doty. 

Recording Secretary, Mus. J. I^indsay Poktkous. 

Miss Janet Flaoc. Miss Kate Prime. 

Miss Susie Leed.s Heermance. Miss Marv S. F. Randdm-ii. 

:Miss Fannie A. Jackson, Mrs. John Reid. 

Miss Sarah Williams. 

General Secretary and Superintendent, Miss Florence J. Parsons. 



The Woman's Institute 

Among the foremost of Yonkers institutions is the Woman's Institute, which 
has jxist completed twenty years of useful and progressive activity. Its aim may 
be expressed in two words: "Chrisliaii IIi;l]i[uluess." 

First and foremost is its rclMiion i,, ilir self-supporting woman. From the 
basement to the top floor this buildm- >i:iiiils for these good and high ends. 

In speaking of the relation of the Institute to the churches of Yonkers, it is 
hardly necessary to emphasize its unscctarian and undenominational character. It 
leads in matters of civic progress, and in all those lliiii,u>i iluiL tend to the uplifting 
and improving of social conditions. In the woik ni ilic l.iln-ary, in the develop- 
ment of the Working Girl's Club, in the Emploxiin'iit I'.uivaii, with its industrial 
questions; in the Civic League, and the Philanthropic Department, the Institute 
has kept informed of methods pursued in similar organizations. 

In all its endeavors for the welfare of woman the Institute strives to hold up 
a standard on which is inscribed a belief in religion as a life, on which morality is 
emphasized as a foundation stone, which sets forth education as a priceless posses- 
sion, which recognizes work as a blessing, recreation as a necessity, which regards 
the home as a center of social forces, the church as a divine institution, and the 
city as an object of common interest and concern. 

Since the erection of the building, with its well-equipped school kitchen, 
cooking classes for young girls of the public schools have been maintained by the 
Board of Education. 

The Library was the expression of a desire to provide the many working 
women and girls with wholesome, entertaining, and free literature at a time when 
there was practically no place of its kind in Yonkers. 

The Club for Working Women offers the following advantages: classes in 
millinery, dressmaking, sewing, embroidery, cookery, physical training, dancing, 
singing, elocution, German, English, etc. 

During the summer of 1894 tea, coffee, and milk were served in the Institute 
hall during the noon hour, to club members, at a nominal price ; other hot dishes were 
soon asked for by many of the young girls who had found their cold lunches so 
injurious to their health. Now a hot lunch may be purchased for fifteen cents, 
consisting of soup, meat, dessert, and coffee. The lunch room has a daily average 
attendance of eighty. 

The Penny Provident Stamp Station is a branch of the one in Xew York 
city. Upward of one thousand dollars is deposited annually, and paid out to the 
depositors for payment of rent, coal, sickness, etc. 

The Civic League was organized March 1, 1895, for the promotion of an 
interest in, and the study of, civic affairs, by means of classes, lectures, special 
lilirarics, etc. 

The appointment of an agent for the prevention of cruelty to animals was se- 
cured; and a School Visiting Committee was appointed, with the approval of the 
Board of Education, to regularly visit the schools and confer with the teachers on 
matters where a woman's cooperation might be serviceable, and to report concerning 
hygienic and sanitary matters. 

For nearly four years the work of tenement-house inspection and instruction 
has been efficiently carried on, resulting in the appointment by the Board of Health 
of a Woman Sanitary Inspector. 

The Department for Philanthropic Work was organized March 20, 1899. In 
April, 1900, this department became the successor to the Yonkers Charity Or- 
ganization, thus making the Institute a recognized center. 

The number of women enrolled in the various departments of the Institute is 
over 1,200 ; the number of children is 1,000 ; and the aggregate monthly attendance 
is nearlv 6.000. 



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Amackassin Club 

In the summer of 1SS8 au organization was formed, known as the Yonkers 
Lawn Tennis Club. Its first officers were: Rufus King, President; Mrs. P. C. 
Myers, Vice-President ; Susie Leeds Heermanee, Treasurer, and Samuel B. Hawley, 
Secretary. Directors, Wells Olmsted, Victor Elting, and Miss Otis. A tennis court 
was laid out on the Peabody Grounds, situated on North Broadway. Tournaments 
and teas were largely attended, and the Club became the center of social life in 
North Yonkers. 

In June, 1891, the Club was incorporated, and owing to its rapid growth in 
membership larger quarters became necessary. Property on the corner of Palisade 
and Glenwood Avenues was rented, and several courts were laid out. The Governors, 
in 1893, decided to enlarge the scope of the Club, and purchased property on the 
west side of Palisade Avenue, north of Shonnard Place. In September of that 
year, the corner stone of the present clubhouse was laid, and on January 1, 1894, 
the building was formally opened to members and friends. 

The game of tennis having decreased somewhat in poijularity, the Club, in 
1896, decided to change its name to one less distinctive, and the name Amackassin 
was chosen. 

The present officers are: G. Howard Chamberlin, President; Albert Effing- 
ham Lawrence, Vice-President; Harry Bashford, Treasurer; George A. Flagg, 
Secretary. Directors, Mrs. William Myers Williams, Mrs. Albert E. Lawrence, Miss 
Kate Atkins, Miss Eosamond Brevoort; and Messrs. Charles H. Ketcham, Walter 
E. Hodgman, Edward P. Davis, and Rufus King. 



Saegkill Golf Club 

Yonkers has always been a stronghold of golf and golfers, and in fact the 
game which is now so popular was first introduced and played in this country upon 
the links of St. Andrew's Golf Club in Yonkers, the pioneer organization of the 
United States Golf Association. When the St. Andrew's Golf Club moved from its 
links situated in the valley of the Nepperhan to its present home at Chauncey, the 
stay-at-home element and particularly the' women players were without near-by 
links upon which to practice their favorite pastime, and it became necessary to 
journey elsewhere or give up "the royal and ancient game." At this stage of the 
dilemma, or, to speak more definitely, in the spring of 1897, two young ladies. Miss 
F. P. Oilman and Miss Janet Waring, stepped into the breach and organized the 
Saegkill Golf Club. A short six-hole course was laid out upon the property of 
]\Ir. W. D. Baldwin, situated upon the Palisade Avenue extension, and here many 
interesting matches were played. As the Club continued to thrive and prosper, and 
as its membership increased, these links were found to be inadequate, and the 
property and cottage upon the Tilden estate opposite "Greystone," on North Broad- 
way, were leased by the Club. While these links, which still consisted of only six 
holes, were a great improvement upon the first quarters, still they did not quite 
satisfy the growing ambition of the Club to own its own home; so in the spring of 
] 900 it was decided to buy a part of the Clark property, situated upon Odell Avenue, 
near North Broadway. The property, consisting of twenty-one acres, was purchased, 
and a nine-hole links was laid out. A clubhouse with the necessary meeting and 
locker rooms, kitchen and servants' quarters, was built, and at last the Club, was in 
possession of a permanent home. 





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Since then the Clul) has continued to prosj^er; its membership limit of 150 
find 50 junior members has been reached; and during the playing season its numer- 
ous handicaps and matclies are well patronized by the players of both sexes. The 
present season has been a most active one, and in the matches for the championship 
of the Hudson Eiver League, the Club's team finished a close second to the winner, 
ihe Powelton Chib of Newburgh. 

The officers and directors for the ensuing year are as follows : President, 
W. E. Hodgman; Vice-President, Miss F. L. Upham; Secretary, Mrs. P. B. Kossire; 
Treasurer, B. H. Adams; Directors, Mrs. Guy Phillips, Mrs. W. E. Hodgman, W. G. 
McAdoo, P. B. Rossire, H. 0. Tallmadge. 

City Club 

The City Club was organized and incorporated November 30, 1885. The 
incorporators were Edward Underliill, Henry B. Archer, Edwin M. Jackson, Robert 
H. Howard, and .Theodore H. Silkman. It is the commercial club of the city, and 
is a nonpolitical body, having a membership of about two hundred and twenty-five, 
among which are many city and county officials. 

The house and grounds. No. 47 South Broadway, were purchased in 1893, 
and the building was completely remodeled to meet the requirements of the Club. 
The property is valued at $33,000. It is centrally located, and the surroundings are 
most attractive, the new Washington Park being directly opposite. The Club has 
■entertained many guests of national reputation who have visited Yonkers. 

The officials of the Club are: Dr. N. A. Warren, President; Joseph Miller, 
A^ice-Prcsident ; H. F. Peck, Secretary; and Francis X. Donoghue, Treasurer. The 
•Governors are: John Mulligan, A. B. Barr, Charles Philip Easton, Edward J. 
Mitchell, John C. Small, and John C. Shotts. 

Fourth Separate Company, National Guard, S. N. Y. 

This arm of the National Guard, State of New York, was organized in 1870. 

It is now housed in its new armory, situated at the corner of Waverly and Maple 
■ Streets, erected at a cost of $26,000. The building is 80x150, and contains a drill 

room 78x128; a company room, an officers' room, quartermaster's room, three rifle 

ranges (each 120 feet), two regulation bowling alleys; also a gymnasium and 
.-shower baths. Here are located the headquarters of Major John I. Pruyn, com- 
.manding the First Battalion of the First Regiment. 

The Captains of the Company since its organization have been : William 

Jlacfarlane, Matt. H. Ellis, Isaac D. Cole, Isaiah Frazier, Rafaelle Cobb, and 
.John I. Pruyn. The present officers are: Charles F. Nugent, Captain; Arthur W. 

Nugent, First Lieutenant; Albert C. Bogart, Second Lieutenant, and Carl Krocber, 
.Second Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon. 

The Company has been called on in a number of instances to queU riots 

resulting from strikes and other causes. All the present officers of the Company 
•served in the Spanish-American War. Music is provided by a drum, fife, and bugle 
•corps. 





YoNKEIi.S ThllOMA. BlK.NA VlSTA AVENUI 



Yonkers Turn Verein 

"Turn Vcreiii," which in the German tongue signilies "An Athletic Associa- 
tion," is an organization having for its objects the mental and physical education 
of its members. Instruction in vocal and instrumental music are also included. 

The society was organized in YonJcers in 18T5, and occupies a building 
erected by the organization at a cost of $30,000. It is located on Elm Street, 
in a thickly settled section of the city, and is provided with a complete gymnasium, 
where male and female classes receive instruction in physical culture. The house 
is provided with an assembly hall, 48x65; a dining room, 35x48, for banquets; 
also club rooms and bowling alleys. While the members are mostly of German birth 
or descent, other nationalities are welcomed to membership; but a fundamental 
principle of this organization renders it obligatory that male applicants for mem- 
bership must be American citizens, or shall have made an official declaration to 
become such. The by-laws prohibit discussion by members of topics of a religious 
or political nature in the clubhouse. 

The present officers are: Theodore E. Heinrichs, President; Max Landsberg, 
Vice-President; Fritz Goetelmeyer, Treasurer; Henry Credo, Financial Secretary; 
Carl Beulshausen, Corresponding Secretary, and William Wendell, Eecording 
Secretary; Trustees, John W. Baiier, Phil. Kern, and Ed. Stammel. 

Yonkers Teutonia 

This German singing and literary society dates from 1856, at which time it 
had a membership of eleven and was known as "Yonkers Liederkrantz." At present 
two hundred members are enrolled, which includes both sexes. In 1892 a new 
building was erected by the organization, at a cost of $32,000, on the west side of 
Buena Yista Avenue near Hudson Street. It contains a large assembly hall, dining 
room, committee rooms, a pool room, and bowling alleys. Yocal and instrumental 
concerts are given once a month during the winter. 

The Presidents of the society and their j-ears of service have been as follows : 
1856, Philip Heppel; 1857, A. Hahner; 1858, F. Klein; 1859-60, Eudolf Eicke- 
meyer; 1861-62, Anthony Imhoff; 1863, John Stahl; 1864-66, Eudolf Eickemeyer; 
1867, John Stahl; 1868, J. G. Widman; 1869-74, William Gernhardt; 1875-76, 
Eudolf Eickemeyer; 1877-78, Henry Bauer; 1879, George Narr; 1880, Eudolf 
Eickemeyer; 1881, Fred. Gugel; 1882-84, William Gernhardt; 1885, Gustav Eu- 
emler; 1886, Otto Fuhrmann; 1887, J(S(ph Geitcenauer; 1888, H. Lade; 1889, 
William Gernhardt; 1890, M. Lowenthal ; 1891-93, John Stahl; 1894-99, John H. 
Schlobohm. The pi'osent officers are: Fred. Cassens, President; George Eeichert, 
Vice President; Otto Beer, Treasurer; Max Jocher, Eecording Secretary; Edward 
Keiichle, Financial Secretary; and Henry Schminke, Corresponding Secretarj'. 
The trustees are: Jacob Maurer, Fred. Gugel, and Christ. Kern. 



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CoitixTiiiAX Yacht Clue 




YoNKEus Yacht Club. 



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Corinthian Yacht Club 

This Club was organized in 1889, wlien it acijuired a valuable water grant 
near the foot of Vark Street. The clubhouse is well appointed in every respect, and 
the propert}- is now valued at $12,000. 

The first Commodore was Alanson J. Prime, who served for a nuinl;ier of 
years. During the last few 3-ears the membership has increased greatly, and one 
hundred and twenty are now enrolled. The fleet numbers about twenty-five yachts, 
including a one-design class — the "mosquito fleet" — the races of which during the 
season of 1902 have been of much interest. 

The indoor as well as outdoor amusements essential to the life of a well- 
coliducted yacht club are provided. Winter quarters have been secured by leasing 
an entire floor in the Citizens' National Bank Building, on Getty Square, where the 
members may congregate every evening during the week; and a special feature 
during the winter season is the informal fortnightly social and supper. 

The Board of Trustees for 1902 consists of the following: Gabriel Eeevs, 
Commodore; Albert L. Skinner, Vice-Commodore; Bernard T. Reard(m, Recording 
Secretary; J. Howard Clapp, Financial Secretary; J. Joseph Lawrence, Treasurer; 
Henry J. Ritchie, President; Frank Ford, Charles A. Valentine, Louis Quanchi, 
J ohn Dickson, and James Watson ; Fleet Caiitain, Walter Blackburn. 

The Yonkers Yacht Club 

The Yonkers Yacht Club, which is situated directly in front of Irving Park, 
at Glenwood,was organized in 1879, and incorporated in 1881, being first located at 
the foot of Main Street, where the Recreation Pier now stands. The rapid increase 
in its fleet of boats made necessary a new anchorage, and a house was erected south 
of the property of the Xational Sugar Refining Company. The enlargement of 
tliat business made it necessary for the Club to seek new quarters in 1893, and the 
clubhouse now occupied was built during that year. It now has a membership of 
about one hundred and fifty and a fleet of about twenty-five boats, and is a very 
active and flourishing organization. 

The officers are: Commodore, James W. Shaughnessy; Vice-Commodore, 
Herbert James; Treasurer, William J. Lord; Fleet Captain, Perry Corning; Finan- 
cial Secretary, Howard W. Lord; Recording Secretarv, R. L. F. Marran; Corre- 
sponding Secretary-, E. Alljro Forsyth; Mea.surer, Frank E. Booth; Steward, George 
AVarren; Trustees, Thomas J. Shaughnessy, William J. Bright, Henry F. Booth, 
William Blakemore, and Alfred A. Ford. 





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Palisade Boat Club 

The Palisade Boat Club is the oldest elub in Yonkers and one of the oldest 
rowing clubs in the United States. It was organized in 18GG. The boathouse for 
many years was situated at the foot of Wells Avenue, but in 1S90 it was moved to 
Glenwood. Here a large piece of upland was purchased on which was erected a 
building for bowling, pool, billiards, and other games. Fine tennis courts were 
also laid out on this property, and the organization has since been more than a 
rowing club. It has a menibcrsliip of about two hundred members. 

The officers are Edwin A. Oliver, President; Thomas E. Booth, First Vice- 
President; John D. Ashton, Second Vice-President; John H. Keeler, Jr., Secretary; 
Charles P. Marsden, Treasurer; Walter Carpenter, Captain; Harrison B. White, 
Lieutenant. The other members of the Governing Committee are as follows: 
Benjamin T. Barnes, J. Calvin Campbell, Andrew Deyo, Edward P. Davis, Charles 
Philip Easton, Ralph R. Mulligan, Robert G. Jackson, Stephen A. Peene. Frederick 
Peene, George B. Skinner, and Sinclair Tou.scy. 

Yonkers Canoe Club 

This Club was organized February 17, ISyG, by J. G. Reevs, Lawson 
Sandford, and H. Lansing Quick. It was incorporated in September, 1S88, and 
is one of the most prominent canoe clubs in this section of the country. The Xew 
York Canoe Clubs International Championsliip Cup has been held twice by its 
members; in 1890 by H. Lansing Quick, and in 189-2 by T. S. O.xholm. It has 
always taken an active part in the American Canoe Association's affairs, having 
always had a representative on the Executive Committee of that organization. It 
had the war canoe Ko-Ko-Ko-Ho, built in 1890, which was the largest canoe built 
in this country, and the first war canoe in the Atlantic Division of the A. C. A. 
The Club moved into the old Vct-per Rowing Club House, at the foot of Gold Street, 
in 1888, and has been located in the same place ever since. The Club flag is a 
white burgee, with a red dolphin in the center. 

The present officers of the Club are: Robert Edgar, Commodore; E. M. 
Underbill, Vice-Commodore; U. Van Varick, Secretary, and Louis Simpson, 
Treasurer. 



Young Men's Christian Association 

This organization was founded in 1881, and moved into its new building- 
on Main Street in 1894. The building is well equipped for Association work, 
containing social parlors, library, game room, bowling alleys, gymnasium, and 
baths. Evening educational classes, lectures, practical talks, concerts, and entertain- 
nients represent the social and intellectual life of the Association. The large, well- 
lighted, and attractive reading room on the first floor, well supplied with daily 
papers and magazines, is free to all men, and is frequented by 6,000 annually. The 
Boys' Branch of the Association is one of the most encouraging features of the 
work, and no'\\' numbers nearly '200 boys, between the ages of eleven and seventeer.. 
The Association conducts services in Music Hall on Sunday afternoons to an 
average attendance of 600. 

The Presidents of the organization have been : John C. Havemeyer, G. Liv- 
ingstone ]\rorse, Kev. Lyman Cobb, Jr., Eev. Henry M. Baird, D.D., LL.D., John 
T. Sproull, W. W. Ellsworth, Theodore Gilman, George D. Mackaye, H. Beattic 
Brown, M.D., and H. A. Bates. The present officials are: George E. Brown, 
President; John T. Waring, Vice-President; Prank B.Hickey, Recording Secretary; 
J. Gelston Affleck, Treasurer, and Walter P. Haskctt, General Secretarv. 



Young Women's Christian Association 

The objects of this organization are to provide for the temporal, mental, 
moral, and spiritual welfare of young women, especially those dependent upon their 
own efforts for support. The Association has a home at No. 30 Prospect Street, 
which is open daily from 9 a. m. to 9 p. M. The present quarters are inadequate, 
and efforts are now being made to provide a more suitable home. 

Sunday afternoons a children's Bible class is held at 3 o'clock; and at 4 
o'clock a song service for women takes place, followed by a gospel talk by a pastor 
or Christian worker. Bible classes and prayer meetings are held during the week, 
the latter being often conducted in homes in different sections of the city. One of 
the pleasant features of the Association's life is the informal socials and entertain- 
ments which frequently take place. Instruction is given in English, German, 
arithmetic, plain sewing, dressmaking, and music An employment agency and 
boarding house bureau are maintained, and a lunch room is conducted at 64 
Moquette Row for the benefit of the operatives at the Moquette Mills. Hot lunches- 
are provided at a nominal price, and this branch of the work is greatly appreciated. 

The present ofiicers of the Association are: Miss Lillian M. Clark, President; 
Miss M. E. Lilierithal, First Vice-President; Mrs. Theodore Gilman, Second Vice- 
Trustees, Theodore Gilman, 
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Yonkers Statesman 

Two weeklies, The Examiner and The Clarion, were merged into a daily, 
under the name of The Statesman, and in 1872 Johu W. Oliver assumed the editor- 
shiji. It is the foremost paper in Westchester County, and though a sterling Kepub- 
lican journal on National and State issues, its policy has been to support such 
candidates for municipal and county offices as were best qualified to administer the 
same. It is enterprising, cleanly edited, proud of its distinction of being "a news- 
paper, not merely an organ;" and is in every respect "a journal for the home." 

The paper is still under the guiding hand of this veteran journalist, assisted 
by his son, Edwin A. Oliver, and J. Joseph Lawrence. It is comfortably housed in 
a new building erected by the management at the corner of Main and ^lill Streets, 
in the heart of the commercial section of the city. 



Yonkers Herald 

The Yonl-ers Herald was published as early as 1S53, but it was not until 
1894 that the present Yonkers Herald Publishing Company secured control and 
placed it, for the first time, on a sound financial and Im-iiios li;i>is. 

It was first published at 63 Main Street as a nininiii- .Liily, but on May,, 
1894, it was changed to an afternoon paper, and in AiiL;iwt oL' ihat year the plant 
was removed to its present substantial and commodious building, 10 Warburton 
Avenue. The structure was built for it and is admirably adapted to all the require- 
ments of a modern newspaper office. The editor of the paper is Prank E. Xavier, 
the business manager being Augustine P. Xavier. The Herald is the official Demo- 
cratic paper. 




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Plans tiy B. A. Quick & Son. 

THE CITIZENS' NATIONAL BANK, 

GETTY SQUARE. 

Capital, $100,000. Surplus, $100,000. 

I'resident, Ciiaiu.ks E. Waui.m;. 

Vice-President, Peter J. Blting. 

Cashier, John H. Keeler. 

Assistant Cashier, George W. Peeke. 

Directors: 

Cii.ua.E.s E. Warinm!. E. J. Evnsc.. 

HioxRV R. HicK.s. Peter J. Ei.Tixc. 

C. R. Di sE.MiEiiRV. Alansox J. Pri.me. 

John H. Keeler. 




THK FIRST iNATlUNAL BAXK OF VOXKERS, 

GETTY SQUARE. 

Capital. . . . $150,000. 



Officers: 
. Wii.M.iii H. Doty. 
Vice-President, W. Delev.vx B.\lu 
Castiier. Walli.s Smith. 



Directors: 



John T. Wauixg. 
William H. Doty. 
William W. Scruoiiam. 
William B. Edgar. 



Wells Olmsted. 
Rudolf Eickemeyer, Ji 
W. Delevan Baldwin. 
Wallis Smith. 



S. Francis Quick. 




THE WESTCHESTER TRUST COMPANY, 
32 WARBURTON AVENUE. 

Capital, $200,000. Surplus, $100,000. 

Officers; 

President, John Hom:. 

Vice-Presidents, Fua.nci.s M. Caiu'exteu and How.vhd Willets. 

Secretary, Ciiaules P. M.\r,si)E.\. 





Directors: 






A.MZi L. Bahheh. 


Ei>.sox Lewis. 


Moses Taylor. 




RuiiAitii H. BruDSAi.i.. 


Isaac W. Ma.i.av. 


HowAi-.i) Willets. 




Fkancis M. Caiu'Entei:. 


Damei. S. Re.msex. 


John E. Bor.ne. 




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Hk.NKV SlnE.MiEI!(i. 


Lui-is Steilv. 




John H(ia.^ 


WlM.IAM Si.OANE. 
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THE YONKERS SAVINGS BANK, 
GETTY SQUARE. 

Officers: 

President, S. Francis Quick. 

Vice-Presidents. William H. Thorne and James H. Weller. 

Secretaries. Leaxder Read and Rudolf Eickejieyer. Jr. 

Treasurer, Charle.s F. Hulbert. 

Cashier, Rafaelle Cobb. 

Trustees: 



S. Fraxcis Quick. 
William H. Thorne. 
Leandeb Read. 
James H. Weller. 
John Eylers. 

JlUDOLF EICKEMEYER, Jr. 



Albert L. Skinner. 
John O. Campbell. 
Charles P. Hulbert. 
Dr. Benjamin W. Stilweil. 
William M. Dick. 
John Bellows. 



Dr. Nathan A. Warren. 




Thomas A. Jagger. 
Frederick C. Oakley. 

S. Emmet Getty 



JOHN'S RIVERSIDE HOSPITAL. 
( Incorporated May 21. 
Incorporators: 
John T. Wari.ng. 
Henky Bowers. 



ASHBURTON AVENUE. 

Thomas 0. Farrinoton. 
Charles L. Cozzexs. 
William H. Beers. 



Norton P. Otis. 

TlIEOUORE H. SiLKMAN. 

S. Emmet Getty. 
George R. Bunker. 
James Lawson. 
William C. Hastings. 
HoR.\cE H. Thayer. 



William S. Coo.ns. M.D. 
Stei'hen F. Leo, M.D. 



Officers. 1901-1902: 

President, Ncrton P. Otis. 

Vice-President, George R. Binker. 

Secretary, Horace H. Thayer. 

Treasurer, Williaji H. Doty. 

Board of Managers: 
EuwiN K. Martin. 
J(HIN O. Cami>I!ell. 
Willia.m H. Sherman, M.D. 
Harold Brown. 
M. R. Poucher. 
F. W. R. EsciniAXN. 
Geiirge S. Prince. 

Attending Surgeons: 

Sherman, M.D. David .John, 

Samikl E. Getty, Jr.. M.D. 

Attending Physicians: 

Clarence W. Bic 
John B. Koitwen 
Tiio.mas Darlington, M.D. 
i. Sherman, M.D., Chairman of Medical Board, 
D J()[iN, M.D., Secretary of Medical Board. 
Superintendent, Miss Dora Traylen. 



Andrew Deyo. 
J. Harvey Bell. 
Peter J. Elting. 
Alex. Smith Cochran. 
William H. Doty. 
Thomas EwiN(i. Jr. 
Goodwin Brown. 

M.D., M.R.C.S. 



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St. John's Riverside Hospital 

This institution had its origin in 18(i9, whwi tlic sieli eommittoe of St. John's 
Episcopal Church acquired a small house at the southwest corner of Warburton and 
Ashburton Avenues. The house having proved too small, the "(Jrove House," on 
Woodsworth Avenue near Locust Street, was rented by tlie management. This was 
the only Hospital in Yonkers up to ISDO. 

Mr. William F. Cochran became a member of the Board of Managers on 
May 27, 1870, and was elected President of the Board in June, -1880, a position 
which he held continuously up to the time of his death, in January, 1903. When, 
in 1893, it became apparent that the accommodations of Woodworth Avenue were 
no longer adequate, he, conjointly with his wife, Mrs. Eva S. Cochran, caused the 
present beautiful and commodious buildings to be erected. The buildings were 
opened for the reception of patients on June 27, 1894, and on the same date a deed 
was delivered by Mr. Cochran to the Board of Managers for the entire property. 

Tliere are acciiiiiiiiiHlaliniis U<r tbirty-ciuht |lilti(■lll^ in the four wards, and 
there are twelve pi'i\.i)i' imuhiis. TIh' wm-ds liu- iii((li(;il and surgical cases are 
separated, and the largest contains but ten beds. Tlie corridor for the private rooms 
is situated in the southern end of the building, and is quite distinct from the rest 
of the Hospital. These rooms are unusually large, and are all attractively and com- 
fortably furnished. A diet kitchen is provided for each floor, and on tlie lower floor 
is a large solarium for the use of convalescent patients. In the basement there 
is a well-stocked jjharmacy, and a special room for the recejition and care of 
accident cases. 

During the past two years it became apparent that more private rooms for 
patients, as well as a larger (i|)<'ratiiig room, were greatly needed; and here again 
Mr. Cochran came forward, and iTcdcd wholly at his own expense the addition to 
the Hospital just completed. This building, which is known as the Cochran Surgical 
Pavilion, contains on the first floor apartments for the resident physicians and a 
large children's ward with space for twenty children. This ward is connected 
directly with a solarium. There is also a laboratory for microscopic work. The 
second floor is devoted entirely to private rooms, eleven in number. All of these are 
large and well lighted, and for this floor another solarium is provided. On the top 
floor is the large operating room with the accessory rooms, one for administering 
ether, one for preparing dressings, and a recovery room, in which the patient 
remains until the effects of the ansesthetic has passed oft', besides dressing rooms 
for surgeons and for nurses. One special room is devoted to the use of the X-ray 
apparatus. 

During the year ending September 30, 1902, there were treated in the 
Hospital 649 cases, and 354 surgical operations were performed. An ambulance 
service is maintained, which responded to 327 calls during the year 1901. 

The Cochran Training School, on the Broadway side, was purchased by 
Mr. Cochran and deeded to the Board of Managers in 1901, and fitted up as a 
training school for nurses. This method of providing nurses has proved a great 
advantage to the Hospital, and also to many citizens who are at times in need of 
skilled attendants on short notice. The course in the Training School extends over 
a period of two and one half years, and there are at present twenty-one nurses in 
the school. 

The dispensary is conducted in a special building apart from the Hosjjital, 
and contains a reception room, and separate rooms for the treatment of surgical and 
other classes of cases ; also a small pharmacy for the use of the dispensary alone. 




Hd.MEOl'ATilR' Howl'ITAL AM) MaTEU.MTV. AsIIIUUTON AvENUE. 




Ciuluue-n'.s A.n.nkx. Hi; 



Homeopathic Hospital and Maternity 

This institution luid a modest beginning in 1S91, when a nuuiber of pliilan- 
thropic ladies decided to establish a place for the treatment of a class of cases not 
hitherto included in the scope of the other Yonkers hospitals. The expiration of 
the first year found the ladies in possession of a room occupied by a patient, with 
a doctor and woman nurse in attendance. In 1894 one floor was rented in the house 
Xo. 345 Nepperhan Avenue, where patients were boarded and nursed under the 
■direction of homeopathic physicians. 

Attention had been brought to several cases of women needing hospital 
treatment, and of children too young to be admitted to the city hospitals, for which 
no suitable place of treatment could be found. In 1895 the house JSTo. 246 Wood- 
worth Avenue was rented, and at the end of one more year — in May, 1896 — the 
""Homeopathic Hospital and Maternity" became an incorporated institution, the 
Managers proud owners of a house on A^blmrton Avenue, near Park Avenue. The 
rooms are as comfortable and well lilted as in a private home, the wards for free 
patients and those who wish to pay being equally comfortable. This house accom- 
modates about twelve patients. 

The management reicinlv divided upon enlarging its accommodations by 
purchasing the house and giouinl-. atljdining the hospital on the west. The plot is 
300 feet square, and the house accommodates about fifteen. Children requiring 
medical or surgical attendance are quartered in this building. 

The homeopathic physicians of Yonkers alternate in attendance at the 
Hospital, thus avoiding the employment of a house physician. The class of patients 
■directly benefited is evident from the fact that this is the only Hospital in the city 
that treats maternity cases, or uses or permits the use of liomeopathic treatment, 
and the only one in Yonkers that makes a specialty of children's cases. 

Staff: 

President, Dr. R. Oliver Phillips. 

Secretary, Dr. Rich.^rd R. Trotter. 

Dr. RrssEi.L P. Fay. Dr. Horace G. Keith. 

Board of Managers: 

President, Mrs. W.\-Lter W. L.\w. 

First Vice-President, Mrs. Tho:mas Ewixg. 

Second Vice-President, Mrs. Wh.liam Allen Butler. 

Secretary, Mrs. Joseph F. Waller. 
Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. T. Russell Dawson. 
Treasurer, Mrs. R. Oliver Phillips. 
Mrs. Charles Henry Butler. Mrs. Charles H. Panciier. 

Mrs. Alexander Smith. Mrs. Richard R. Trotter. 

Mrs. Julius T. Rockwell. Mrs. Frederick D. Blake. 

Mrs. Thomas J. Morgan. Mrs. Williard H. Brownson. 

Mrs. Charles Reed. Mrs. Walter Graves. 

Mrs. Duncan Smith. Mrs. Samuel A. Hou.stox. 

Mrs. William H. Thorne. _ Mrs. Eldridoe Jones. 

Mrs. Frank Seaman. Mrs. C. Irving L.vitin. 

Mrs. Charles C. Pierce. Mrs. Roswell A. Rorerts. 

Superintendent, Miss Adelle Van Al.stine. 




Plans by Wm Schicke 



St, Juski'h's Hospital. South Biioadway. 




TlIK MoNASTErtV OF THE SacUED HeAUT'. SlIOXNAItl) PLACE. 



St. Joseph's Hospital 

This institution, erected nnd maintained liy tlio Sisters of Cliarity of Mount 
St. Vincent, was incorporated in 1888, and formally ojsened to the public on 
March 19, 1890. It is delightfully situated at the junction of South Broadway 
and Vark Street, on high ground, overlooking the Hudson and surrounding 
country. All its equijDments are of the finest and most modern; and what at once 
strikes the casual visitor is its homelike air of quiet, comfort, and even elegance. 
The wards are large, sunny, and well ventilated, having a southern exposure ; and 
the private rooms are all that the most exacting could desire. The operating room 
and its accessory apartments are provided with all the helps that modern science 
lends to surgery, including an X-ray apparatus, the gift of the Medical Board. 

The Hospital receives no outside aid, except an annual grant of $800 from 
the city, and whatever the charitably disposed, especially the Ladies' Aid Society, 
may contribute. The Sisters give their services without compensation; otherwise 
the maintenance of the liospital would ho impns?ilile. ISTotwithstanding its slender 
income, no deserving sufferer is ever tunud fidin its doors, and the amount of 
good accomplished is marvelous. Divine rrovideiiee seems to multiply its little 
store, as of old the widow's cruse of oil. 

There are accommodations for 58 patients in the wards, and there are 18 
private rooms. During the year ending Se|itember 30, 1903, 572 cases were treated 
at the Hospital, and 264 surgical opeiations were performed. An ambulance 
service is maintained, which responded t<i 191 calls during the same year. For 
this service the Hospital receives annually from the city $1,000. 

The St. Joseph's Hospital Dispensary, opened in 1890, attends yearly to 
an average of 2,000 ease,-, and fills abdul 1.200 pivs. iii.ti..iis. 

The Trainiii- S.Ii,h,| inr iiiir-i's. inaii-iiiaiid in ISiiC, has since graduated 
27 young women ailmiraMy prepai-i'd for their iiii|iorlaiii calling. 

Altogether this institution is a boon and a blessing to the city of Yonkers. 

Director: 
The Most Rev. Joh.v M. Farley, D.D., Archbishop of New York. 

Assistant Director: 
Rev. C. R. Cori.ev, M.R. 
Advisory Board: 
Nicholas Bexziger, New York City. Hox. F. X. DoxoonrE, Yonkers. 

Joseph F. Daly, Yonkers. J(jhx M. Digney, White Plains, N. Y. 

Michael Dee, Yonkers. Fuaxcis P. Tkeakor, Yonkers. 

John J. Devitt, Yonkers. Michael Walsh, Yonkers. 

MEDICAL BOARD. 

Consulting Surgeon and President of Medical Board: 

Peter A. Call.\x, M.D., Yonkers. 

Consulting Physician and Vice-President: 
Valentine Brow.xe, M.D., Yonkers. 

Consulting Surgeons and Physicians: 
A. C. Benedict, M.D. E. I. Harrixgtox, M.D. E. M. Hermance. M.D. 

Visiting Surgeons and Physicians: 
N. A. Warren, M.D. E. P. Diefy, M.D. J. L. Porteois. M.D. 

H. Moffat, M.D. George S. Mooxey, M.D. J. T. Gibson, M.D. 




St. Mary's R. C. Ciirncii. Sc 



Rkv. Charles R. Cori.ey, Pastor. 




WAUIU liiON A\hMF BM'UsI ('i[( 1;( II VND Ti!L\OU MlM(JR[M. F\RSON'VGK, 

Rl\ El)\\ \[iD S. Aiui.UMVN, D.D , Pasiok. 




North Bkoadway. at Greystone. 




The Tilden Oak at Gkeysto.ne. 




View South froji the Groinus of Edwakd S. Perot. 




Grouxd.s AM) Staiile or Edwakd S. Perot. 




WAlSr.X. NOHTII BUDADWAY. ResIDEM'K of Kl.SIlKI! A. Ba 




Residence oe James R. Brevoout, Nouth Broadway. 




Residence of John C. Siiotts. Palisade Avenue. 









Robin Lawn, Noirni Bkoadway, Residence of John C. Have.meyer. 




Beechwooi). Nouth Br.oAuwAY. Rksidk.nc'k of Bautox E. Kingman. 



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Fins I PllKSBVTEKIAN ChUKOII, NoRTII BROADWAY. 

Rkv. William P. Stevexson, D.D.. Pastor. 



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S.XUG Rot'K, H.UJ.MOXY P.Uif 

Residence of Dn. Leo Baekela 




Photo by A. V. Card, 



Rksiuknce oe Charles Reeh. Xouih Buoauwav. 




Residexce iir Thkiiii(ii;e Oii.:ma>;. Ni 




The Cuags, Harmoxv Pai:k. 
Resiuexce of David E. Oi'I-emieijiei!. 




Rksiiiexce of Chaiu.ks a. Frr.TON, Noiitii BnoAinvAY. 




SiAiii.i-. T(i Rksidemi; ok C.'uaki.ks A. Fi:lto> 





Grace Episcopal Chapel, Noutii Bisoadwav 




Round Oak, Pai.isaiie Avexue. 
Residexce of Mrs. William Allen Butler. 



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Residence of Isaac \\. Ma< iav. Palisade Avenue. 




RESIDENCE OF SAMUEL T. HlBBAKD, pAI.lS/DE AvE.NUE. 




Rksiiikxci', i)f Di;. Bkx.iaaux W. Stu.wei.i., Palisade Avenue. 




Rksidkni-e of Mi;s. M. \V. 



Pai.isaiif, A\ 




B.ixMi; Bi:ai:. ]'ai l-ai.i. Am ; 
Rksiiikxck of Albert D. D.i 




Resii)i;x( i: oi' John F. Bi:f\xax, Palisade Ave 




Rf;sinEX(:L 111 Dauu Si 




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Residence of Samuel L. Cooper, Park Avenue. 




BrKXA Vista. Hrnsox Tkrhack. 
Residence of Hon. Norton P. Oti 




IE Resii)EN-ce or Hox. Norto?{ P. Otis. 




Rii)(jE.MoXT. Sii().N.\Ai;u Tei!1!aci;. 
REfsrnExcE of James G. Beemek. 




Residence of Du-ncax Smith, Hudson Terrace. 




Cragendarkocii. Hudsox Terrace, 
Residence of Alexander Laird. 




Residence of Thomas G. Hilliiouse, Hudson Terrace. 







I>E Caprice, Siioxxard Teisrace, 
REsiriENCE OF Mns. Jamks Muiii.exberg Bailey. 




Residence ok Saih;ei. McCoxciii, Siionxard Terrace. 




OF WiLI,IA:S[ W\RBLR1(>^ S<RitH\-\r 
Greystone Terr\ci 




Resipexce of Wallis Smith, Piiiupse Place. 




Rksiiiknce of W. J. AVh.gu.s. Ravine Avkxue. 




Ci_ i.i'Ki'Ki!. I>orusT Hirx Avexue, Residence of Juiix H. HrmiEi.i 




Residence of James B. Colgate, Ravine Avenue. 




Faibholji, Locust Hill Avenue, 
Residence of Mrs. George D. Pitkin. 





Itisii.KM ic (11- ErcENt; C. Ci.ahk, I.dcisr Hiu, Av 




LocT'ST Hill Avenue. 




Residence of William H. Duty, LofU&T Hill A\ln 




Jr., Locust Hill Av 




Residexce of Cn.utLES E. Warixg, Locust Hill Avexue. 




Residence of E. J. Eltixg, Locust Hill Avexue. 



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Rose Cottage, Wakuurtox Ave.xl-e, 
Residence of John W. Olivei!. 




Rksidknc E OF Dii. Wii.i.iA.M H. Siii:i!-\iA-\. ■\VAitiiriJTox AvEXri 





Residexck of Dk. E. M. Hi.;i:-Manci:. WAiuirirrox Avexue. 




X. l-;i,\, W'AiiiifKTON Avenue. 




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Pakk Hill Cou.ntiiy Clui 



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Park Hill 

In Park Hill, at the southern end of Yonkers, has been worked out success- 
fully the scheme of creating near New York a complete community. Park Hill is 
undoubtedly one of the finest suburbs of New York city to-day, and while much 
of its great beauty is due to nature there is also much due to the skillful and 
sympathetic treatment which the landscape has received at the hands of its owners. 

More than ten j^ears ago the officers of the American Ecal Estate Company 
conceived the thought of creating somewhere in the vicinity of Manhattan Island, 
on its direct lines of communication, an ideal community, in which every modern 
improxenient would supplement noble natural scenery. For this purpose, after 
examining tlio entire environment of New York, they came to Yonkers and by 
repeati'l luiiilinMS ai(|iiii-('(l I'ark Hill; and here for ten years, without deviating 
once finni the (iiiuinal ]il,iii and purpose, they have created a Park of homes second 
to nothing nl' in kiml in America. 

The ri>Ai\< \\i\\r all been laid out by a park engineer, and are on park lines. 
Sewers, watt-r, gas, and electricity have been introduced everywhere; beautiful 
homes with artistic environment and landscape effects peep out from the green 
foliage at every turn. 

Three hundred feet above the Hudson, opposite the center of the Palisades, 
overlooking Van Cortlandt Park on the south and the city of Yonkers on the 
north, within a few minutes of tlio licart nf our city, with all the advantages of a 
community of fifty tliimsaml innplc al its ddors, Park Hill may still be called a 
glorious bit of country, uiispoili'd hy city environment; and from its lofty plateau 
it commands our southern entrance to the great metropolis. The owners of Park 
Hill are to be congratulated on the great success of their real estate venture, but 
Yonkers can nt the same time felicitate itself that an ordinary suburban invasion 
has not de-ti'iiyed the most Iji'autiful natural spot in its beautiful borders. 

That the advantages of Park Hill are lieing appreciated by our great 
southern neighbor is evidenced by the constantly increasing growth of the com- 
munity, the greater activity of its community and club life, and the more permanent 
character of its improvements. It has often been predicted that South Yonkers 
would become a new Harlem; when this takes place — and with coming transporta- 
tion facilities it is not far distant — Park Hill will be a new Washington Heights, 
except that with the great care taken in its early development it will be even more 
desirable as a thoroughly restricted neighborhood. 

In any event it is bound to receive the first waves of the overflow of New 
York northward which have now set in and are not likely to .subside until they 
have invaded Yonkers, as they invaded Harlem before it, with an irresistible flood 
of population. 

The Park Hill Country Club, with its charming surroundings, started on 
its modest career nearly ten years ago; then no one believed it would become the 
important center it is of a new social life in a section of Yonkers containing far 
fewer homes than to-day, and compelled to look elsewhere for entertainment and 
amusement. 

The Park Hill Country Club from its inception set the social pace for the 
great community tlial lias -imc i^idwii tip alidiit it, and in turn has lieen sii]i])(ii-(ed 
in a way to make its i niniinii il -inwili a cMiiiiiiual surprise to its mosi eiiilm^iastic 
friends. Its summer oiitilnui- spurfs have attracted to its grounds expert athletes 
and tennis players, while its winter program of indoor amusements affords a 
delightful season of pleasurable intercourse to lovers of bowling, dramatic entertain- 
ment, cards, dancing, lectures, and music, bespeaking a vigor and activity among 
its large membership that cannot be surpassed in the club life of any commiinity 
about New York. 









Reside-Nie of J. Bi!EiciiArD, Alta Ave.nle, Pai:k Hill. 




OvERCLiFF, Park Hill, Residence of Edwin K. Martin. 




)F Georce L. Rose. Alta Avexie. Park Hill. 




Residence op Francis A. Wi.x.s 



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Residence of Franklin P. Dwyer, Alta Avenue, Park Hill. 




Residence of Roiiert \V. Giffdrd, Ai.ta Aveni-e, Park Hill. 




Restdexce of John J. Coik'ORAx. Alta Avenue. Park Hill. 




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Residence oI'- Lons G. I'lsinit, I'auk Hill Avenue. Paiik H 




Resiuexce of Alfhed E. Paillaiu), Park Hill Avenue, Pauk Hill. 




Welui:.'\iki:e. Park Hill, Resiue.xce of Ed.mu.xd E. Sixcl. 




FAi.coN'uriiST. Park Hill. 
Residence of Francis B. Chei 




Residence of John S. Kennedy, Overci.iff Stkeet, Pai;k Hii.e. 




Pai!K Hill. 




Residence of John Van Dolsen, Prospect Drive, Pauk Hill. 




Office of the Ludlow Estate, 

No. 2 SuNNYsiuE DmvE, Cou.NEii OF Pier Street, Near Litdi.ow Station of New York 

Central & Hudson Riveu Railroad. 




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w HcnsK (Known as "Cottage Lawn"), South Fuont (1S37). 




The double row of trees was planteil in 1S37, to form a walk from the "Cottage Lawn" 
house to the garden. It is now in the middle of a street eighty feet wide. 




JuNCTiox OF Beechwood Tei:k\(i; ami m Si ^^^slllI: Iii:im 1 i i 
(View taken looking west, toward the Hudson Hi\li ) 




The Koppel, Sun'nyside Drive, Ludlow Park, 
Residence of Eugene A. Verbeck. 




Rksidexce of Kellar the Magician, 
Sunnyside Drive, Ludlow Park. 




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View fuom the Residence of Mrs. Francis O'Neili,. 




HllI.LY LimuE. H.WVTIIOR.XE AVKXUE, 

Residence of Peter F. O'Neill. 





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FoKii, Hawthorne Avenue. 



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Residence of Chaui.es F. Maksden, Hawthorne Avexui 




Residence of Ralph B. Puimk, Hawthorne Avenue. 




Residence of Mi;-, Siii.ia Andrus Eagax, Hawthorne Aven 




Residence of Hon. Stephen H. Thayer, Hawthorne Avenue. 




Ap\I!T-MENT HolsL BlINv\lsH \\lMh 

HiNR\ J Blatzhei-m Owner 




Residence of P. J. Plaxnery, Buexa Vista Avenue. 




ApAiiTJiEXT HorsE. BfEXA Vista Avkxii 
Geougk T. Kei.i.v. Brii.iiEi! a.nd Owner. 




CiMKi.Es R. Otis, Buexa Vista A\ 




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Ri:siiiKxrK or Mayuk M. J. Wal^ii, South Bi;oa 




Rksidkxce oi John T. W'AiiiNii. Sditii Broadway. 



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Apart-Mext Hijusk. Scjith Bhuahway, Gf.orge AuLExnAciiKR, Owxek. 




M\'inii JvMEs H. Weller, South Broadway. 



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Residence of George H. Sowdon, WARnuRxoN Avenue. 






Rkshik.nck of Has. J. Iesvi.ng Biu.ns, Wauih uton Avenue. 




Rksidkm K OF Dr.. Nathan A. Wakken. Waimu rto-X Avexve. 




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Rii.siLiEXCE OF Sinclair Touset, Warburton Avexi 




Residence of Edward A. Bart.mess, Fine aruEET. 




RLblDINCf III GlOUC.L R\\MR, \\\1!LIKT0N AVENUE. 









Rlsiuence of John J. Devitt, Lamartine Avenue. 




H\[(1(iN T'l.AC I , 1 i;i)\l WALtlUMiTOX AVK.NUK. 

Dkveloi'ed my H. Woodiiouse. 






Residence of Dr. Charles R. Buri.ew, 
CoRXEK OF Warbubtox Avenue axu Halcyox Place. 




H. Beattie Brow.n, Wabburton Avenue. 




Rksidence or H. Woodiiiuse, Wauiuutux Ave.nue. 




Far View, Gle.wvood Tekuace, Resiue.n'ce of Aluert K. Siiipman. 




Plans by A, J. Van Suetendael. 

Residence of Arthur J. Van Suetendael, Warbukton Avenue. 




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These illustrations will give an idea of the class of residences erected by Messrs. 
Harriman & Hawley, at the junction of Warburton and Odell Avenues, at Harriman, 
in the northern section of Yonkers. The property is directly opposite the Palisades: 
commands a twenty-mile view both north and south on the Hudson River; and is ac- 
cessible by trolley on Warburton Avenue, or by the New York Central and Hudson River 
Railroad to Harriman Station, which has just been completed and Is within two min- 
utes' walk of the property. 




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Rkside.nce. Coknei! of Pauk AM) Glkxwood Avenues 




Plans by K. A <.^ui( 



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Joski'h's R. C. Church, Ashburtox Avenuk, 
Rev. a. a. Lings, Pastor. 




Howard Cha 

Residexce of Ch.^rles R. Culver, Lincoln Terrace. 




Residence of Rudolf Ekkemeyer, Jr.. Lixdex Street. 




R.\xcii Room ix the Re.sidexce of Rudolf Eickemeyer, Jr. 




Residence of Henky R. Hicks, Tuckahue Ru 




Residence of Dr. Carl H. Kroeber, South Broadway. 




UAV.sl'lil.N.i Pi;lisrtYTERIAN CnURCH. Coit.NKU OF El,-\I AND Wal.nut St 

Rev. Charles Elmer Allison, D.D.. Pa8T0R. 




Residence of Dr. David John, Neppehiian Avenue. 




Alpine Apahtments, Nepperhan Avenue. 
Otto Olsen, Owner. 




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Gaudkn of Thomas R. Ai,:vioNn. Dt'NWOoniE Hr 




Hurst Villa, Dunwoodie Heights, 
Residence of George Rayxee, Jr, 




St. Mafr, Dunwoodie Heights, 
Residence of Norman Seymour. 




Residence of Charles A. Moiuuson, Di .swoc 




Plans by George Stlrratt. Nt-w York. 

St. A.nuuew's Episcopai, Ciiriuir. I^iviNd: 
Ricv. James E. Fueeman, Reci 




(This building is near the Dunwoodie Station, on the 
about 750 teet south of YonkerE 



New York 
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S(U:T1I TltANSVEUSK RoAll, UN III 

(Kast of New York & Putnam Rai 




RuMSEY Road, o.v the "Valley Farms" Property. 
(West of New York & Putnam Railroad; view talven loolving soutli. 




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THE "Valley Fabms" 



toAu WITH North Transverse Ro 
Property. 
(East of New Yorlt & Putnam Railroad; view taken looking south from Valley Road.) 




Residence of William Gaul, South Broadw; 




Residence of William Greet, South Buoadway. 




Residence of M. J. Deane, South Buoadway. 




Valentine's Lane, ikom South Bkoauwav. 




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(The aged Chestnut Tree seen in the foreground is reputed to be the largest tree in West- 
chester County; it measures twenty-nine feet in circumference one foot above 
the ground, and is between seven hundred and eight hundred years old.) 




Residence of Mus. Fuances Ttttle, Valentine's Lane. 




Residence of Charles F. Coy. Valentine's Lane. 




Residence of Charles B. Eaton. Valentine's Lane. 











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Residence of Arthur E. BuRRou(iHs. Valentine's Lane. 




Rhsii>i.\rE oi E\Mv\()i{ T^t-^iip Sutherland, St. Andrew's Place. 




Ri:SIDE.\CE, 7 HlGlILA.ND PlA 




Resiuexce of Walter Thomas, (Ii.inwcmid A\ 




RiiV. J. K. PiucE, D.D., Pastor. 





Landscape Avenue, LowEiutE. 




LowERRE Fire House. 





Ri>iiip:nce of Spexckr K. SiTiiEia.AKi), 
Van Ci)i:tlam)T Pai!k Aveme. Loweure. 





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Rksioknce ok Ekxest a. Fairbanks, Eiti.id Avente, Carttl. 




Marshall-Matheson Co., "Yonkers' Greatest Store.' 




Plans by E. A. Quick 
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IK BriLDiNG, New York Tklkpho.ne Company, 

5-7 RlVERDALE A\'ENUE. 








Plans by E. A. Qii 




Wjm.iam Welsh, 

CaIHMCTM and PtiUNITURE. 



lADWAY SroltKS. 

James H. Wellek & Sons 
Dhy Goods and Notions. 




SniuvE's Bicycle and Spoutixg Goons Siiii;i;s. lS-20 Main Street. 




Mw's Je\vei.k\ SroRE, 17 Nouth Buoadway. 




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Saunders BtTii,niN(i. 6-8 WAiinrinox Avexi 





McCaxn Blildixg, 25 North Bkoadway. 




M. J. Hay's Coal Pocket No. 2, foot or Ashburton Avt 




Ash's Statioxeuy a.mj Book Store, 

46 WARHrRTOX AVEXl'E. 




Warulrton Avem'E S' 




Flood. Hatters axd Firxisiiei 
28 North Broadway. 





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Office of the Westchester Lighting Co., 67 Noinii Broa 



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MoQUETTE Mills (East Side), Alexander Smith & Sons' Carpet Co. 





PiiiNT Mills, Alkxandeh Sjiith & Sons" Carpet Co. 




Worsted Mills, Alexander Sjiith & Sons' Carpet Co, 



The Waring Hat iWanufacturing Co. 

The founder of this large eoneern is Mr. John T. \\'aring, who first began 
mannfaeturing hats in Yonlvers in 1840, and by wliose perseverance and energy 
many of the most important improvements in tliis industry have been developed. 
The company is probably, as to the number of hats manufactured, the largest hat 
factory in the world, producing in the main plant, on Vark Street, about fifteen 
thousand felt hats daily. The factory covers a plot of ground embraced in two 
entire city blocks, and their pay roll averages about $17,000 a week. 

In branch factories ril.ibons are woven, sheepskins tanned, colored, and 
finished for the hat leathers. At the Elm Street branch about forty thousand 
English and French ralibit skins are cut np daily, from which the hat felts are 
made. 




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Otis Elevator Co. 

The most imjjortant industry in tliis country to-day is that of transi)orta- 
tion, and great is the public- interest in the methods of going from place to place. 
Whenever the schedule time between two cities is cut down, or whenever any device 
to make railroad travel safer is introduced, considerable publicity is given to the 
fact. 

Transportation up and down, quite as important as transportation to and 
fro, has not received the attention from the public which its importance deserves. 
Probably this attitude is due to the fact that improvements in the means of going 
up and down — that is, improvements in elevators — always keep abreast of the 
demands for such service, and the public takes it as a matter of course that ele- 
vators have been perfected, without giving proper credit to those who have per- 
fected them. But to those who have considered the matter it is evident that to 
certain citizens of Yonkers great honor is due for the contribution they have 
made to modern progress. 

It is due to Mr. Elisha G. Otis and his successors that the available floor 
space in our cities has been increased fivefold, for had it not been for the perfec- 
tion of the modern high-speed elevator "sky-scrapers" would be unknown and 
buildings would be limited to four, or at most five, stories in height. 

Seldom has the evolution of an important piece of apparatus been confined 
so closely to one group of men as has been the case with the elevator. While many 
men in all parts of the country have contributed their share in the improvement oi 
horizontal transportation, the perfection of vertical transportation is due to a 
group of engineers of whom Yonkers may well be proud. Nor should credit be 
denied to the skillful mechanics of this city who have so well carried out the 
ideas of the engineers. 

The first passenger elevator worthy of the name was invented by Mr. E. G. 
Otis in the early fifties. In 1853, at the World's Fair in the Crystal Palace in 
New York city, he exhibited a small elevator embodying the improvements made 
by him up to that time, the most important of which was one for preventing the 
fall of the car in case of the breaking of the lifting rope. In 18.54 he started a 
small establishment at Yonkers for the manufacture of elevators. 

Since that date the business has continually expanded, and the business 
founded in a humble way by E. G. Otis has become the world-famous Otis Elevator 
Company, with the magnitude of which every citizen of Yonkers is more or less 
familiar. In addition to the great local establishment, branch factories have l,een 
built in several of the large cities of the country. To meet the foroion demand 
for Otis elevators, factories have been established in various industriar centers in 
Europe. In Mexico, in South America, and in far-off Australia branches of the 
great Yonkers concern may be found. In short, throughout the civilized world 
the name "Otis" is synonymous with high-class elevator engineering. 





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